Bondarenko O. Socio-economic and socio-cultural processes in the cities of the Dnieper Ukraine in 1785-1917: historiography.

Analysis of historiographic research on the history of socio-economic and sociocultural processes in the cities of Dnieper Ukraine in 1785–1917. showed that this topic has not yet become the subject of a special generalizing historiographic study. Only some aspects of this complex problem have become the subject of research, necessitating its deep and comprehensive study. In the dissertation work, for the first time in historical science, the state and trends of more than 230-year research of the history of socio-economic and socio-cultural processes in the cities of Dnieper Ukraine in 1785-1917 are analyzed in detail. The leading stages, directions and specific features of the research of the topic are determined. Periodization of the problem is carried out in accordance with the development of historical thought and modern theoretical and methodological foundations of historiography. There are three main historiographic periods of scientific development of the problem: imperial – the end of the 18th – the beginning of the 20th century; Soviet – 1920s – 1991 and modern – 1991–2021, characterizing the priority trends in the historiography of the study of urban history. The dissertation revealed, analyzed, systematized and classified sources for the period from the last quarter of the 18th century to 2021, revealed their information potential. A wide range of new historiographic sources have been introduced into scientific circulation, on the basis of which the key aspects of the problem under study are considered. A wide range of sources made it possible to analyze the reflection in the scientific literature of the main directions of socio-economic and socio-cultural processes in the cities of the Dnieper region during the imperial period. The achievements of scientists in substantiating the conceptual foundations of the history of cities are characterized. The contribution of scientists to understanding the formation and evolution of urban self-government, socio-economic and socio-cultural development of cities is determined. The peculiarities of the historiographic interpretation of the problem in the scientific literature of the last quarter of the 18th – early 21st centuries and changes in its study at various historiographic stages have been clarified. The main factors that influenced the development of research on the problem raised have been determined.