CULTURAL AND ETHNIC-CONSOLIDATING ROLE OF UKRAINIAN MUSIC AND DRAMA THEATER IN THE SOCIOSPHERE OF UKRAINIAN IN THE LAST THIRD OF THE XIX – BEGINNING OF XX CENTURY

Abstract

The purpose of the article is devoted to the study of the cultural and ethnic-consolidating role of Ukrainian music and drama theatre in the sociosphere of Ukraine in the multicultural conditions of the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires in the last third of the XIX – beginning of XX century. The methodology of research consists in the application of historical and cultural, comparative, systematic methods, which provide an opportunity to reveal the specifics of the constitution of music and drama theatre of the sociosphere of society. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the study of culture-forming activities of music and drama groups in the context of nation-building in the system of socio-cultural interactions. Conclusions. At times of total state and censorship bans, Ukrainian music and drama theatre, integrating into the cultural and historical form of a multicultural society, acquired the status of a socio-cultural phenomenon, that performs an ethnic-consolidating role, promoted the preservation of Ukrainian cultural traditions, national self-affirmation, and became an important factor in ethnocultural identification.