AGRARIANISM AS A PEASANT-CENTRIC PHENOMENON OF THE UKRAINIAN REVOLUTION OF 1917–1921 IN THE FOCUS OF FOREIGN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Abstract

Summary. The purpose of the article is to conduct a historiographical analysis of foreign discourse in the coverage of agrarianism as a peasant-centric phenomenon of the Ukrainian revolution of 1917–1921. The research methodology is based on the combination of the principles of historicism, multifactoriality, systematics, and logic. General scientific (analysis, synthesis, generalization) and special-historical (historical-genetic, historical-typological, historical-systemic) methods are used. Scientific novelty. For the first time in Ukrainian historiography, we carried out a comprehensive analysis and actualization of a disparate array of literature on the issue of agrarianism as a peasant-centric phenomenon of the Ukrainian revolution of 1917–192, developed by foreign researcher. Conclusions. The phenomenon of agrarianism is widely reflected in modern foreign historiography. Today, recognized specialists in the field of agrarianism are J. Elland, Z. Hemmerling, R. Golets, A. Lech, B. Stochevskaya, A. Toshkov, M. Tomek, B. Trencheni, X. Schultz, A. Haare, J. Ryhlik, J. Garna, M. Novak, M. Brunklik, V. Havlik, V. Medzhetsky, W. Mueller, E. Cuba, I. Suaa, T. Lorenz etc. In foreign scientific publications, there are only a few mentions of the Ukrainian version of agrarianism in the context of Central and Eastern Europe. And even in this case, Ukrainian agrarians are often reduced by foreign researchers only to the agricultural ideology of V. Lypynsky. Much more often in foreign works, they talk about Ukraine as an object of interest from foreign theorists of agrarianism. In view of this, we can state that the domestic historical science faces the task of substantiating the peculiarities of the Ukrainian version of agrarianism in comparison with its neighboring versions (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Bulgarian), as well as reaching the level of international research projects. which is the phenomenon of European agrarianism.