The collection contains the articles written by the junior scholars of the Institute of History of Ukraine, NAS of Ukraine, and 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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IV. The Issues of History of the 2nd half of the 20th – the Early 21st Century

Yusov Sviatoslav
The Chernivtsi Period in the Life of V. Holobutsky (1947 - 1949) ...6

Таtarinov Ihor
The Living Standards of Heavy Industry Workers in Ukraine in 1944 – 1956 ....19

Коndratenko Oleh
The Research Activities of the Commission on the History of the Great Patriotic War in Ukraine, AS of the Ukrainian SSR (1945 - 1950) ...29

Bondarchuk Petro
The Out of Church Religious Actions in the Life of Ukraine’s Believers (the mid 1940s - mid 1980s) ...39

Dudnik Oleksandr
The Ukrainian - Uzbek Relations: the History and Modern Times ...64

V. Source Studies and Historiography

Filipova Maryna
The Маss and Formulae Materials as a Source for Historical, Demographic and Anthroponymic Research of Budjak’s Bulgarian Population of the 1st half of the 19th Century ...76

Bondar Vadym
The History of Ukrainian Peasantry of the Post - Reform Period in Search of the New Research Paradigms ...85

Homoliako Andrii
V. Yu. Danylevych as a Researcher of the Slobozhanshchyna’s History ...97

Blashchuk Svitlana
S. N. Valka’s Documentary Body of Work and Its Importance for “The Pravda Ruska” Historiography Research ...106

Honchar Halyna
The Role of K. H. Huslysty in Preparation of the Historical Ethnographical Monograph “The Ukrainians” ...117

Кrupyna Viktor
The Nomenclature of Postwar Ukraine in Historiography ...129

Коroliov Hennadii
Ukrainian Federalism in the Historical System Discourse ...137

Zborovska Kseniia
The Religious Grounds of Nationhood ...145

VІ. The Sources

Blanutsa Andrii
On the History of the Princes Zaslavskis’ Land Ownership in Rivno Region (the Late 15th Century) ...158

Vashchuk Dmytro
The Family of Ostrozki in the Documents of Book 235 of the Lithuanian Metrical Book ...161

Bezpalko Vladyslav
The Seals and Documents Falsification in Lutsk Povit in 1581 ...166

Larysa Zherebtsova
Violation of the Customs Benefits Provided for Szlachta by the 2nd Lithuanian Statute of 1566 (the Case of Registry Book #47 of the Lithuanian Metrical Book) ...173

Skalsky Vitalii
The Mode of Events of the Ukrainian Revolution (1917) in the Ukrainian-Language Press of Austria-Hungary and the USA ...178

Paziura Nataliia
On Correspondence of Mykola Storozhenko and Dmytro Antonovych ...193

VIІ. Reviews and Surveys

Ponomariov Oleksandr
The History of Аstrakhan at the Crossroads of Troubled and Bright Times [Review] Каrabushchenko P. L. The Kingdom of Astrakhan: the Voivode’s Power and Local Community of of the 16th – 17th Centuries. Моnograph. – Аstrakhan, 2008. – 504 s., illustrated ....208

Paliienko Maryna
[Review] Іvanenko О. The Ukrainian - French Relations: Science, Education, Art (the Late 18th - Early 20th Centuries). – К.: Institute of History of Ukraine, NAS of Ukraine, 2009. – 320 p. ...214

Аndroshchuk Oleksandr
The Socio-Religious Aspects of Soviet Everyday Life. [Review] Bondarchuk P. M. Religiousness of Ukraine’s Population in the 1940s - 1980s: the Socio-Cultural Impacts, Peculiarities, Trends towards Changes. – K.: Institute of History of Ukraine, NAS of Ukraine, 2009. – 381 p. ...218

Коzliakov Vladimir
[Review] Кuksa А. N. Cooperation of the National Movements of Belarus and Ukraine in 1917 - 1922. – Minsk: RIVSh, 2010. – 194 p. ...221

Blanutsa Andrii
[Survey] The Byelorussian Historiography of the 1920s. – 2009. – № 7. – Мinsk. – 1108 p. ...223

Cherkas Borys
[Survey] Zhdanovych  О. Аrianism at the Times of Constantine the Great. – K.: Institute of History of Ukraine, NAS of Ukraine, 2009. – 222 p. ...225

Коnonenko Vasyl
[Survey] Кryvosheia V. V. The Cossack Elite of Hetmanshchyna. – К.: ІPIEND named after І. F. Kuras, NAS of Ukraine, 2008. – 452 p. ...227

Кudinov Yurii
The US and Canadian Historians on the Place of the Ukrainian Cossack State in Central and Eastern Europe of the mid 17th Century ...229