THE EMERGENC E OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN SMALL TOWNS OF THE CAPITAL SOCIO-GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF UKRAINE: HISTORIC AL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECT

Abstract

Problem Statement and Purpose. Traditional culture of a certain ethnic group, serves as a tourist resource for the development of various types and forms of tourism. These resources can be divided into existing, which can be demonstrated, and the latent ones that were innate to the ethnic groups living in this territory, but today are represented only by references. In Ukraine there are a large number of urban settlements which have a significant ethnocultural potential of the Jewish ethnos. The implementation of mentioned potential may help to raise funds for the development of these settlements. The purpose of the article is to analyze the formation of Jewish communities in the small towns of the Capital socio-geographical region of Ukraine as a component of the ethnocultural potential of the region. Data & Methods. The methodological basis of the research consists of the papers of scientists who study Jewish communities in the towns in Ukraine. In the paper general scientific methods- generalization, analysis, synthesis, analogy, classification, systematization, abstraction: as well as specific scientific methods-cartographic. comparative-geographical and chronological are used. The information base of the study consisted of archive materials and databases. Results. The article highlights the stages of the appearance of Jewish communities in the researched towns. The temporal and spatial factors of the formation of Jewish communities within the researched area are determined. The formation and the current condition of Jewish communities in the abovemeutioned towns are considered. Jewish communities are presented as components of the ethnocultural potential. Considerable attention is paid to the latent heritage of the Jewish ethnos. The research of mentioned heritage is important in terms of cultural and ethnological studies, and the practical application of the results of scientific research in education, local studies and tourism activities.

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M. M. Mykhaliuk

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  • EP ID EP508029
  • DOI 10.18524/2303-9914.2018.1(32).144621
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M. M. Mykhaliuk (2018). THE EMERGENC E OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN SMALL TOWNS OF THE CAPITAL SOCIO-GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF UKRAINE: HISTORIC AL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECT. Вісник Одеського національного університету. Географічні та геологічні науки, 23(1), 119-131. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-508029