div stylebSummary: /b. /div. pThe manual traces the process of conceptualization of the historical study of regions as a transdisciplinary branch of academic knowledge and discipline occurred at the turn of the millennium in the context of redefining the role of regionalism in the world. Main attention is paid to updating the paradigmatic guidelines and glossary of Regional studies under the influence of globalization realities and highlighting the process of restructuring in the subject fields of history, geography and other related disciplines./p pThe manual is focused on the certain requirements to knowledge and abilities; it contains test questions and tasks, lists of the recommended literature./p pThis issue is intended for the lecturers of humanitarian universities, postgraduates, students and everyone who is interested in the research problems of regional specifics of Ukraine/p, br. div style="background-color:#fdfcfc;color:#8B4513;padding:10pt;font-size:10pt;text-align:center;". bContent: /b, /div. pPreface (V. Lytvyn) ... 7/p pIntroduction ... 15 /p p. strong                                                                                                       Chapter 1./strong, /p p. strong                                                                       The Historical Regional studies as a new problem field/strong. /p p. strong                                                                                         in the system of socio humanities/strong. /p p1. Objective and Subjective sphere ... 23/p p2. Semantics of the term "region" ... 41/p p3. Regions in the Ukrainian context ... 48/p p4. Regions in the modern world system ... 62/p p5. Methodology of Regional research ... 72 /p p /p p. strong                                                                                                       Chapter 2./strong, /p p. strong                                                             Formation and development of knowledge about the regions/strong. /p p1. Formation of the database of historical Regional studies ... 81/p p2. The appearance of Regional science: Western and Russian varieties ... 92/p p3. Peculiarities of national information system ... 109 /p p /p p. strong                                                                                                        Chapter 3./strong. /p p. strong                                                                                     The system of key concepts/strong. /p p1. Thesaurus problem ... 130/p p2. Region and district ... 138/p p3. Regionalism ... 149/p p4. Regionalization ... 158/p p5. Regional policy ... 162/p p6. Regional identity ... 169/p p7. Administrative-territorial system ... 174/p p8. Unitarianism and Federalism ... 180 /p p /p p, strong                                                                                                         Chapter 4./strong, /p p. strong                                                                                    Latest paradigmatic orientations/strong. /p p1. Advantages and disadvantages of interdisciplination ... 191/p p2. Global / local: dialectic relationship ... 202/p p3. Macro-, meso- and micro approaches to historical researches: conceptual pluralism ... 211/p p4. New semantic emphases: regionality, cross boarder information, peripheralism, boundary line ... 219/p p /p p. strong                                                                                                          Chapter 5./strong. /p p. strong                                                                                                  Major research areas/strong. /p p1. Regional history ... 237/p p2. Historical urbanity ... 243/p p3. Administrative and territorial structure in the historical dimension ... 253/p p4. Historical limology ... 265 /p p /p p /p p. strong                                                                                                           Chapter 6./strong, /p p. strong                                The Historical Regional studies in the system of sciences on the human and the environment/strong. /p p1. Regional studies and historical geography ... 281/p p2. Historical Regional studies and cartography ... 287/p p3. Historical Regional studies and Country studies ... 295/p p4. Historical Regional studies and a new local history ... 323/p p5. Historical Regional studies and micro history ... 327 /p p /p p. strong                                                                                                         Chapter 7./strong, /p p. strong                                                                                  Historical structure of Regional studies/strong. /p p1. Criteria of the subsystems’ selection ... 339/p p2. Historical district studies ... 343/p p3. Historical Regional studies ... 355/p p4. Historical in Regional expertness ... 366 /p p /p p, strong                                                                                                         Chapter 8./strong, /p p. strong                                                                 Regional Historiography: methodological problems/strong. /p p1. Reflexive potential of the historiography: a regional cut ... 379/p p2. Social resonance of historiographic reflexio ... 385 /p p /p p. strongConclusions .../strong 407/p, br