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Based on the abundant factual evidence, this educational publication provides a clear picture of the diversity of ideas and problems related to the analysis of post-communist transformation of the Soviet economy. The analysis of concrete historical conditions surrounding the formation of the new Russian economic model enables the appreciation of the possibilities and limitations that affected the choice of reform strategy and tactics, the understanding of whether the processes of the Russian ‘era of changes’ were typical, or unique, as compared with the global trends of that time. The publication features a detailed scientific reference system and is intended for the teachers and students of the humanities-focused higher educations establishments, as well as everybody interested in the history of the USSR and Russia in the late 20th century.
This is the thesis seeking to obtain a scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy for specialization 09.00.05 – History of Philosophy. – G. Skovoroda's Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine. – Kyiv, 2014. Publication in 1844 of article «Sankhya Nir-Isvara» from the cycle «An Outline of Indian Philosophy» by O. Novytsky, Professor of the Kyiv St. Volodymyr University, initiated the process of perception (understanding) of Indian philosophy in Ukraine. This process lasted uninterruptedly for almost a century, till the end of the 1930s. Having emerged in Kyiv, the interest in Indian religious and philosophical thought gradually extended to other universities: Kharkiv and Lviv as well as to the Kyiv Theological Academy. This interest was also evinced by un-institutionalized researchers. Within this time period two principal directions of interest in Indian philosophy appeared: 1) from the study of Vedic sacral texts (Rigveda’s hymns and the Upanishads) to the Vedanta (Badarayana’s Vedanta Sutra and Shankara’s philosophy) and Neo-Vedanta (works by Vivekananda); 2) the studies of Buddhist thought. So appeared two stages in the process of perception of Indian philosophy in Ukraine, which evolved from the unreservedly arrogant variants of Euro- and Christian-centrism (O. Novytsky, S. Gogotsky, M. Konrad) to its more intellectually exquisite and balanced modifications (O. Kozlov, P. Ritter, S. Schayer, D. Ovsianyko-Kulykovsky). The first stage, having started in 1844, lasted till 1913–1914. Its principal representatives were university professors of philosophy O. Novytsky, S. Gogotsky, O. Kozlov, O. Gilyarov, professor of theology M. Olesnytsky, professor of philology D. Ovsianyko-Kulykovsky as well as un-institutionalized philosophers and translators V. Lesevych, I. Franko, Y. Popov, Lesia Ukrainka. This period is characterized by the beginning of familiarization with Indian religious and philosophical thought (personalities, texts, problems, concepts and terminology) that gradually covered the period from the emergence of Indian philosophy till the beginning of the 20th century. One of the principal shortcomings of this stage was the lack of knowledge of classical philosophic languages of India (Sanskrit and Pali) on the part of the Ukrainian authors (except for D. Ovsianyko-Kulykovsky). As a result, they had to resort not to the original sources, but to the translations of Indian philosophical texts into the European languages. Among Ukrainian authors, who dealt with Indian philosophy in the first period, D. Ovsianyko-Kulykovsky and V. Lesevych were the most integrated into the scholarly space beyond Ukraine’s terrains. Ukrainian fiction literature also witnessed the understanding of Buddhist doctrine (I. Franko, P. Karmansky), which can be considered as one of the most illustrative exemplifications of the incorporation (synthesis) of Indian religious and philosophical meanings on Ukraine’s terrains. Within this period, apart from university research, there appeared the works that provided additional motivation to the academic interest. For instance, Buddhism was explored both from the positions of defending the concrete European philosophical doctrine, Positivism, by its ardent proponent (V. Lesevych) and from the confessional founda¬tions, Christian apologetics (dissertations of the graduates of the Kyiv Theological Academy). The second stage started with the publication of four encyclopedic articles by P. Ritter «Brahmanism», «Brahmo Samaj», «Buddhism» and «Vedanta» in 1911 and lasted till the end of the 1930s – beginning of the 1940s, when in 1936 there appeared the last encyclopedic article by P. Ritter «Tantra» and at the beginning of the 1940s S. Stasiak and V. Shayan departed from Lviv to Poland. These years were characterized by the fall of the Indian philosophy into the eyeshot of philologists. As a result, analysis and translation of original texts became a norm, so did the panoramic vision of Indian philosophy from the time of its emergence to the beginning of the 20th century. «Rigid» and «obvious» Euro-centrism gave in to its «subtler» and «more exquisite» variants. The second stage also features the replacement of review works with special publications devoted to the analysis of individual Indological themes (articles by S. Shayer, S. Stasiak) and with a specialized periodical «Oriental Yearly» (Rocznik Orientalistyczny). On the base of the Lviv University, due to the efforts of A. Gavronski, there was formed a powerful school of Indian studies. Scholars of India from Lviv, who communicated with their colleagues at the European and Indian scholarly forums and whose research was known and accessible to their Western European counterparts, turned out to be most integ¬rated into the international scholarly community. Indian studies in the Soviet Ukraine in the 1920s and, in particular, in the 1930s became completely dependent on the internal policy of the Soviet leadership and ceased to exist. After P. Ritter (executed by the NKVD), M. Konrad (executed by the NKVD), M. Kalynovych (was forced to quit Indian studies), the professional interest in studying Indian philosophy in Ukraine was discontinued for more than fifty years. Both stages have common features and trends. The common trait of both periods is their thematic orientation and «zones of oblivion». 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