The collection contains the articles written by junior scholars of the Institute of History of Ukraine, NAS of Ukraine, other research and educational Ukrainian and international institutions. It covers a wide range of the issues related to Ukrainian and world history from the ancient times up to date. The publication is intended for researchers, faculty members and students. The texts are presented in their original version

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І. In Memoriam

Editorial. In the Memory of a Noted Historian ...8

Іsaievych Yaroslav
The Traits for the Recollections: N. M. Yusova as a Historiographer, Expert in Source Studies, Science Promoter ...9

Yusov Sviatoslav
Bibliography of N. Yusova’s Works ...12

ІІ. Ancient History

Reida Roman
The Issue of the Gothic Wars Chronology ...24

ІІІ. History of the Middle Ages and Early Times

Zema Valerii
“The Paradise Tree”: On the Origins of Kyiv Cults ...30

Zhykh Maksym
On the Regional Politogenesis in Kyivan Rus (Identification of the Issue) ...42

Khromova Iryna
On the Impact of the Dzhuchid Monetary Tradition Related to Formation of the Local Monetary Affair in Ukrainian Podniprov’ie in the mid –the 2^nd half of the 14^th Century ...49
Selivonenko Anatolii
The Policy of Hetmanshchyna toward Zaporozhian Sich (1658 - 1667) ...60

Dmytro Sen
Some Debatable Issues Related to the Role of Turkish Azov in the History of the Don and Northern Caucasus Cossack Communities (the Late 17^th Century) ...66

Маtsuk Andrii
The Struggle of the Tycoon Groups against the Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1743) ...76

Коnonenko Vasyl
The Cossack Elite in the Inter-Reform Period in the Russian Empire (1725 - 1762)...91

IV. The Issues of History of the 19^th – 21^st Centuries

Аsaulenko Olena
The Role of Penance in Moral Education of the Society (the Case of Poltava Eparchy of the 19^th Century)...100

Савчинський Володимир
The Russian Autocratic Censorship Policy and Ukrainian Book Publishing ...107

Nazarova Yevheniia
The Ukrainian Fairy Tales in the Context of the National Policy of the Russian Empire (the 1860s – 1870s) ...114

Borodii Andrii
The Legal Foundations for Jews’ Participation in Agrarian Relations in the Right-Bank Ukraine in the 19^th – the Early 20^th Centuries ...118

Dzahalov Anatolii
Migration of the Retired Soldiers of Ukrainian Origin to the Frontline of the Caucasian Cossack Line in 1860 – 1861 ...124

Коtelnytsky Nazar
The Public and Political Initiatives of I. Petrunkevych in the Late 1870s ...131

Strykun Iryna
The National Public Policy in the Program Provisions and Activities of the Russian and Byelorussian National Parties in 1917 ...137

Оhiienko Olena
The Relations of Zemstvos and Towns of the Right-Bank Ukraine in 1904 - 1914 ...150

Кyriienko Oleksandr
The Activities of Military Censorship Bodies in 1914 - 1917: the Historical and Legal Aspects ...160

Skalsky Vitalii
The Power and Society in the Ukrainian People’s Republic (November, 1917 - April, 1918) ...167
Shchavlynsky Mykola
The Activities of the National Byelorussian Organizations in Kyiv and Odesa in 1917 – 1918 ...176

Тymchenko Roman
The Act Zluky of January 22, 1919 and the Issues of Its Implementation (January – November, 1919) ...183

Коndratenko Oleh
The Prerequisites for Development and Preparatory Activities with Regard to “The Short Course in the History of Ukrainian SSR” ...194

Zavalko Nataliia
The Activities of the Institute of History in 1947 in the Context of the Repressive Measures of J. Stalin’s Totalitarian Policy ...201

Кrupyna Viktor
The Educational Level of the Party Nomenclature in Ukrainian SSR (the 2^nd half of the 1940s - the Early 1950s)...207

Demydenko Tamara
The Little-Known Pages of the History of Ukrainian Encyclopedia Studies: an Attempt to Renew the “URE” Project in 1944 – 1947 ....215

Маndryk Mariia
On the Consequences of the Struggle against Cosmopolitanism in Soviet Historiography of the Late 1940s – the Early 1950s ....225

Bondarchuk Petro
The Religious Rites of Christening, Wedding and Burial in the Life of Ukrainian Population (the mid 1940s - mid 1960s)...233

Тievikova Olha
The Economic and Living Conditions of Ukrainians’ Life in the Context of Everyday Life Research (1953 - 1964) ...244

Bobrovnik Yurii
The Origin and Activities of the Lviv Student Brotherhood in Ukraine (1989 - 1994)...253
Dudnik Oleksandr
The Аzerbaidjan-Turkish Relations in the Context of Turkic Unity and the Geopolitical Situation in the South Caucasus ...262

Lozovytsky Oleksandr
The Geopolitical Interests as the Key Development Derivative of the Euro-Atlantic Integration Process of Ukraine ...276

V. Source Studies and Historiography

Коncha Serhii
Seven Arguments for Authenticity of “The Іoakim’s Chronicle” ...284
Маiorov Oleksandr
The Little-Known Sources on the History of the Russian - Вyzantine Relations in the Early 12^th Century: the Text, Translation, Comments ...294

Pavlovska Hanna
“What Is Left?” The Church Chronicles as the Basis for Full - Scope Public Discussions ...298

Pylypenko Volodymyr
“The Discourse of the Cossacks” by Krzysztof Palczowski ...309

Hryhoruk Oksana
“The Podolskiie Epatrialnyie Vedomosti” as a Source of Podillia’s Chuch History ..318

Homoliako Andrii
The Socio - Political System of Kyivan Rus in V. Yu. Danylevych’s Assessment ...323

Каrikov Serhii
The Image of Johann Bugenhagen in German Historiography ...329

Кryvosheia Ihor
The Pototskis, Polish Aristocrats (the “Pyliava” Coat of Arms) in Philip Vigel’s Perception ...336

Мukha Dar’ia
The Struggle of the Tsentralna Rada for Ukraine’s Autonomy in Pavlo Khrystiuk’s Interpretation ...343

Yusov Sviatoslav, |Yusova Nataliia|
The Discussion within the Academic Environment of Ukrainian SSR on Ethnogenesis of Eastern Slavs and Old Russians (1951): between Science and Ideology ...350

Tsymbala Olha
Woman in the History of Ukraine: Mykola Holubets’ Studies ...364

Yusov Sviatoslav
The History of the Monograph “The Black Sea Cossacks” by V. Holobutsky: from the Concept to Publication ...373

Cheban Maryna
Мykola Andrusiak as a Historian and Science Promoter ...381

Кudinov Yurii
Search for Ukrainian Identity of Early Modern Times: Frank Sysyn’s Concepts in “The Harvard Ukrainian Studies” ...395

Bondar Vadym
The Modern Historiography of Ukrainian Peasants’ Households in the Post-Reform Period ...408
Коroliov Hennadii
Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s Autonomist and Federalistic Views: Modern Historiographical Discourse ...417

Каbachii Roman
Ukrainians’ Migration from Poland to Ukrainian SSR in 1944 - 1946 through the Eyes of Ukrainian Historians from Poland and Ukraine ...426

Prymachenko Yana
The International Aspects of the OUN Activities (the Survey on North American Historiography) ...437

Laas Nataliia
The Historical Science in Ukrainian SSR as the Research Subject in English and American Historiography ...449

VI. Sources

Blanutsa Andrii
The Zemska Service in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Based on the Documents of Record Book #39, the Lithuanian Metrical Book, the mid 16^th Century) ...456

Vashchuk Dmytro
On the History of the Family Disputes of Dukes Sangushko in the 2^nd third of the 16^th Century ...468

Blashchuk Svitlana
“On the History of Preparation of “The Russkaia Pravda” Academic Edition: the Notes by V. P. Liubymov ...475

Paziura Nataliia
The Unknown “Autobiography” by Mykola Storozhenko ...488

VII. Reviews

Blanutsa Andrii
The Byelorussian Anniversary Scientific Collections on Lithuanistics ...504

Zherebtsova Larysa
LIETUVOS METRIKA. KNYGA NR 14 (1524–1529): UZRASYMU KNYGA 14. / PARENGE L. KARALIUS, D. ANTANAVICIUS. – VILNIUS, 2008. – 646 P....506

Berkovsky Vladyslav
From the Staropolsky Society Issues to Historical Metrology ...509

Кононенко Василь
HISTORY, RELIGION, AND CULTURE. BRITISH INTELLECTUAL HISTORY 1750-1950 / EDITED BY S. COLLINI. – CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2000. – 289 Р....512

Brief Notes on Authors ...514