Humeniuk T. The Humanities in the western oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR: 1944–1991.

The dissertation deals with a systematic analysis-based inquiry into the state of the humanities in the western oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR in 1944–1991 and with well-grounded features of its perspective. The research highlights the humanities in conditions of scientific life ideology, so does the paper focus on problems research into the main scientific centers – Social Sciences Institute of the Academy of Science of the Ukrainian SSR, the Museum of Ethnography and Crafts of Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, specialized higher educational establishments in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Uzhhorod, Lutsk and Rivne. The specific feature of historical science development since the mid 50-s and the first half of the 60-s in the XX-th century was its close relation with the ideological and propaganda tasks of the party; with the works dedicated to anniversary dates, state leaders, October revolution, the united western Ukrainian lands with the Ukrainian SSR as being part of the Soviet Union, the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Scientists-philosophers studied problems of Ukrainian national and cultural regeneration of the end of the XVI-th – the beginning of the XVII-th cent., the way of study in Ostroh Academy, in Lviv and Kyiv brotherhood schools, analyzed polemists’ philosophical views. Connoisseurs in religion published archeological works ordered by the authority, held sociological questionnaire not often approved by authorities, which, as a rule, were not ignored. Due to philologists of the region, the compilation of the historical dictionaries in Ukrainian, urgent issues in dialects started to be worked out. It is found out that most researchers’ works involved in fine arts are characterized by national character despite of constant authorities’ pressure and control; new interdisciplinary approaches to music comprehension were carried out; the problems of genre composition, specific features of genre and thematic groups in musical folklore were specified; much focus was concentrated on methodology of folk-song creation, its classification, folk epos and instrumental studies. There was a considerable professional increase in musical criticism and publishing. It is revealed that authorities took measures to draw scientists-humanitarians into social and political activity with the aim of socialistic ideals confirmation. It is pointed out that motivation was as propaganda, social rituals and standards of the soviet life as the opportunity of promotion in career and prosperity.