Problem of Ukrainian ethnology in Panteleimon Kulish’s scientific heritage
Problem of Ukrainian ethnology in Panteleimon Kulish’s scientific heritage

Summary/Abstract: Panteleimon Kulish is considered to be an important figure of the Ukrainian nation and his personality presents interest nowadays. The thesis timeliness lies in the necessity to define the historian’s place in the cultural and scientific life of Ukraine and to refer back to his ideas about Ukrainians’ originality. The goal of the paper is to describe and analyse P. Kulish’s main thoughts about the Ukrainian nation, its history and main characteristics based on his historical and ethnographic works. Describing the main features of Ukrainians in P. Kulish’s works and comparing them with the information provided by other Ukrainian historians of the XIX century the author also analyses the formation of the historian’s ideology, social and political views.

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