Kotsur H. The Figure of the Last Kish Ataman P. Kalnyshevsky in the Context of the History of Zaporoz’ka (New) Sich: Historiography

The dissertation contains a comprehensive historiographical research of the figure of the last kish ataman P. Kalnyshevsky in the context of the history of Zaporoz’ka (New) Sich. The historiographical periods, directions and peculiarities of the scientific development of the theme are revealed. There are founded, systematized and categorized the source complex. The main theoretical and methodological principles of scientific research of the problem are found out. There is described the historiographical and terminological essence of a number of key definitions, concerning the subject under investigation. There are considered the most important regularities of the development of historical knowledge about the last kish ataman of Zaporoz’ka (New) Sich P. Kalnyshevsky, their general features and specific features within the different periods of study of this issue with an emphasis on the latest achievements. There is involved the most recent data, that was not a subject to historiographical analysis, and on the basis of which were conceptually redefined a number of evaluations, stereotypical statements and positions, that were dominant in historiography. It was shown the state of Ukrainian historical science at the time of totalitarianism, when the national-conscious part of historians fell into the wheel of repressive and punitive measures of Soviet power, was arrested and repressed. The bolsheviks' submission of historical research by political diktat, the transformation of historical science into its ideological servant, its centralization and nationalization led to the falsification, distortion and mythologization of the history of Ukraine, in particular, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, the kish ataman P. Kalnyshevsky. Everything was done to destroy the national memory of the Ukrainian people. At this time, the Ukrainian Diaspora remained the defender of the national traditions of historiography.