Культурний простір Гетьманщини доби Данила Апостола

This article explores the social and cultural life of the historical circumstances of the Cossack Hetmanate under the rule of Hetman Danylo Apostol in the 1727–1734. Based on lesser-known archival and published sources the main forms of cultural and spiritual life of Ukraine in the very time period is highlighted: education, literature, church building. Particular attention is paid to cultural policy, main areas of cultural and spiritual development and features of the Hetmanate cultural space in the context of adaptation or confrontation of the autonomous Cossack Ukraine vis-à-vis policy of centralization and incorporation of the newly emerging Russian Empire. Iinternal connections and patterns of Ukrainian cultural process in the late Baroque, its role and place in the formation of Ukrainian national identity are traced.