HISTORICAL-ARCHITECTURAL STUDY OF THE SACRED ARCHITECTURE OF THE MOGILEV DNIEPER REGION OF THE XVII-XVIII CENTURIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE XIX – THE FIRST HALF OF THE 70-S OF THE XX CENTURY (HISTORIOGRAPHIC ASPECT)

Abstract

The article deals with the historiographical aspect of the study of the sacred architecture of the Mogilev Dnieper region of the 17th–18th centuries. The author analyzes main publications of the XIX – the early 1970s. This period is connected with the beginning of the study of the sacred architecture of the region. This stage is connected with the introduction of sources of sacred architecture into scientific circulation, the description of architectural monuments, the raising of complex issues in this area of research. The author draws a conclusion that this period is roughly divided into stages. The first stage is connected with the work of pre-revolutionary researchers (M.O. Bez-Kornilovich, A.S. Dembovetsky, and F. Zhudro). The next stage is related to the works of N. Kasperovich and M. S. Katser and includes the period from the 1920s to the 1950s. In the 1960s we can observe absolutely new changes in the studies devoted to the sacred architecture of the Mogilev Dnieper region of the XVII–XVIII centuries. They are associated with the work of such researchers as E.D. Kvitnitskaya, V.A. Chanturia, and T.I. Chernyavskaya.