Ukrainian National Revival in Imperial Age: Scientific Tools of Historiographical Analysis

Abstract

Integrity, plenitude, comprehensiveness and objectivity of analysis of historical processes depend on the drafting clarity of the scientific problem and the right choice of scientific tools for analysis. They must comply with the newest requirements of scientific cognition, based on synergy, interdisciplinary approach and innovativeness. This concerns not only fundamental history but also historiographical discourse which enables to substantiate the problem in terms of conceptual and theoretical principles as well as methodology of historiographical research. It underlines the increased relevance of the issue, particularly in the case of historiography of Ukrainian national and cultural revival of “long century” period, which needs reinterpretation based on principles of social and cultural, anthropological and national historiography paradigms.