Mykhaylovsky V. Podolian nobility from the mid-14th century through the 70s of the 16th century

Object: nobility of Podillya as a privileged stratum of Podolian principality, Podolian land and Podolian voivodship in the second half of XIV – 70 years of the XVI century. Objective: analysis of Podolian noble community in the context of its existence in the second half of XIV – 70 years of the XVI century. Methods: comparative and quantitative, diplomatic analysis of privileges, comparative, biographical, prosopographical and empirical. Results: for the first time in Ukrainian historiography of the complex historical analysis of Podolian nobility as regional community during the second half of the XIV century and 70 years of the XVI century considering the specific status of Podillya as the border area, including analysis of the social structure of the privileged strata on the territory of Podillya in the second half of XIV ¬ 70 years of the XVI century, discovered and introduced into scientific use a significant amount of new documents in the history of Podillya and Podolian voivodship. Scope of application: can be used in the creation of generalizing works on the history of Ukraine, history of Podillya, in the process of preparation of textbooks, in the development of teaching-methodic complexes on the history of Ukraine for higher education institutions.