Peculiarities of the space formation of the palace-park and manor objects of Poltava province (Ukraine) of the XVIIIth – mid-XIXth centuries

Abstract

The space formation of the territories and main buildings of the palace-park and manor complexes of Poltava province (central part of Ukraine) of the XVIIIth – mid ХІХth centuries are presented in the paper. This research is based on the comprehensive analysis of these objects. The reason for the research is the danger of the destruction of manor complexes, the loss of a significant cultural and historical heritage not only of the Poltava region, but also of Ukraine as a whole. In this work the complex methodology of the research is used, based on the historical- theoretical, comparative-historical, empirical and graphical methods. The author worked out the funds of national and state libraries, Ukraine archives (in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava), reference and information funds of research institutes, local lore museums (in Poltava, Dikanka, Berezova Rudka, Gogolevo), departments for the protection of monuments of the historical environment the Poltava Regional State Administration and the Association Company ”Ukrrestavratsiya” (Kyiv) and private collections of local ethnographers, witnesses of settlement’s inhabitants. As a result – the functional organization of the investigated objects is clarified, their regional features are revealed.