Life and Scientific Path of Ukrainian Goldsmithing Researchers in the Soviet Union Era

Abstract

The study of jewelry in Ukraine and scientific achievements in the process of researching the art of goldsmithing is determined primarily by the return to our own Ukrainian authenticity and the need to reconstruct different historical periods in order to actively comprehend our cultural values. The article’s purpose is to research the life and scientific achievements of Ukrainian scholars in terms of studying Ukrainian goldsmithing under the pressure of Soviet influence on the cultural background. To achieve this goal, historiographic, analytical-synthetic and comparative-contrastive methods were used. In her article, the author emphasizes the negative influence of the Soviet authorities through the prism of the life and creative path of scholars who studied the 16th–19th-century Ukrainian goldsmithing. The article not only highlights scientific achievements of such Ukrainian jewellery-researchers as Volodymyr Peretts, Danylo Shcherbakivskyi, Mark Petrenko, but also analyzes their life and scientific path in the Soviet era. The work is recommended for anyone who is interested in the history of Ukrainian jewellery development. In the future, it can be used for researching artifacts and monuments of material culture, for deeply observing cultural strata in different historical periods, and for comprehending of scientific achievements in the study of jewellery’s role and influence on the formation of national identity and global cultural space.