German Colonies in Poltava Region

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to analyze the preconditions and the circumstances of the settlement of the German colonists in Poltava region; to reveal the role of the ethnic Germans in the political, socioeconomic and spiritual development of the region. The methodology of the research is based on the principles of historicism, systemicity, scientism, verification, the author's objectivity, as well as the use of general scientific (analysis, synthesis, generalization) and special-historical (historical-genetic, historical-typological, historical-systemic, historical and chronological) methods. The scientific novelty-on the basis of the published sources and the scientific works, the reasons, the preconditions for the emergence of the German settlers in Poltava region have been determined; their role in the political, economic, social, cultural and spiritual life of the region has been highlighted; the contribution of the people of German nationality to the Russian army and health care in the first half of the ХІХth century has been researched. Conclusions. The revealed documents and the literary sources, despite their scarcity, still allow us to analyze the life