Loza A. Noble Guardianships of the Volyn governorate: Creation and Activity

Based on the analysis of the existing historiographical and source base, the qualification work reveals the history of the creation and functioning of the noble guardianships on the territory of the Volyn governorate as a corporate institution that represented the special, collective interests of the state. The nature of the relationship between the central government of the empire and the noble state (on the example of a single governorate) is also considered. The historiography of the problem is represented by Ukrainian studies, which can be conditionally divided into three thematic groups. The first group consists of mainly historical and historical-legal works, in which guardianship is considered in the context of the development of the relevant legislation (N. Rudy, O. Malyshev, G. Korogod, O. Kravchenko). The second combines studies devoted to the study of the essence of guardianships as one of the constituents of corporate institutions (O. Barvinok, I. Kochergin, S. Korf). The third includes scientific investigations, in which noble guardianship are an independent object of study (Yu. Konstantinova, N. Goncharova, V. Shandra). The basis of the source base of the dissertation research is archival materials and published statutory documents that allow us to examine the regulatory and legal framework and practical activities of the noble guardianships of the Volyn governorate, to trace the local and imperial level of their institutional functioning.