Просвітницька діяльність поляків у Київській губернії на початку ХХ ст.

The article deals with cultural and educational life of the Poles in Kyiv governorate in the early twentieth century: activities of Polish schools, press, theater, public organizations in the context of national traditions preservation. The documents of fund "Kyiv civilian governor's chancellery" (f.2) of State Archive of the Kyiv region, introduced for the first time into scientific circulation, are basis of this study. The article focuses on examining Kyiv periodical press, including the newspapers "Dziennik Kijowski", "Glos Kijowski", Goniec Kijowski", "Kievskaja mysl' ". The study of Poles contribution to Kyiv governorate's cultural and educational development promotes understanding of Polish national liberation movement in the Russian Empire, importance of the "Polish problem" in Russia's state policy, national communities' interactions, intercultural communication, lastly - clarification of Poles influence on national and political processes, modernization of public institutions, building civil society. Analysis of ethnonational factor in political process and interstate relations is particularly relevant within the context of a comprehensive study on social and political development of the Russian Empire in the early twentieth century and international controversies on the eve of World War I.