Collection of Documents of the Research Institute of Astronomy as a Source Basis From the History of the Development of Astronomical Science
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: The article is devoted to the topic of representative analysis of archival documents of the history of astronomical science from the period the end of the XIX – the fi rst half of XX century. The purpose of the work is to summarize the results of a complex historical and scientifi c research of the information potential and the content of the retro-informative materials of the documentary collection of the Institute of Astronomy of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University during a certain period. The methodological basis of the study is the principles of historicism, objectivity and a systematic approach to the study of the problem. General scientifi c (historical, comparative, retrospective) and special methods (historical-biographical, historical-systemic, problem-chronological and methods of source analysis) have been used to solve specifi c problems which allowed the complex investigation and analysis of new factual material. Scientifi c novelty. For the fi rst time the information on the composition and content of the documentary collection of the of the Institute of Astronomy of the end of the XIX – the fi rst half of XX century was analyzed; its information potential and order of access to archival primary sources are characterized. It is revealed that the documentary collection of the Institute of Astronomy is a valuable and suffi ciently informative source for reproducing the facts of the history of astronomy in Kharkiv at a certain period, which will signifi cantly supplement the source base of research on the history of domestic and European astronomy. Prospects for further research. Since the vast majority of documents from the reviewed massif have not actually been put into scientifi c circulation, it is planned to continue work on scientifi c and technical development of documentary collection and research of archival information, in particular, in preparation of the advanced scientifi c and research work on the history of astronomy in Kharkiv at the end of XIX – the fi rst half of XX century. References: Artemenko, T. G., Balyshev, M. A. & Vavilova, I. B. (2009). The Struve dynasty in the history of astronomy in Ukraine. Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies, 25(3), 153–167. [in Ukrainian]. https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591309030040 Balyshev, M. A. (2008). Dokumentalni pamiatky Harkivskoii observatorii: problemy zberezhennia ta vvedennia do naukovogo obigu [Documentary monuments of the Kharkiv Observatory: problems of preservation and introduction into scientific circulation]. Archivy Ukrainy, 5–6, 156–159. [in Ukrainian]. Balyshev, M. A. (2008). Naukova biografiia akademika O.L. Struve: problemy vidtvorennia, analiz bibliografii ta dzherel [Academician O. L. Struve’s scientific biography: problems of reproduction, analysis of bibliography and sources]. Nauka ta naukoznavstvo, 2, 112–1 [in Ukrainian]. Balyshev, M. A. (2020). Fondy arkhivu NDI astronomii KhNU imeni V. N. Karazina yak dzherelo do vyvchennia istorii astronomii u Kharkovi (20–30 rr. XX st.) [Fonds of the Institute of Astronomy archives at the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University as a source for studying the history of astronomy in Kharkiv (the 1920s–1930s)]. In Istoriia osvity, nauky i tekhniky v Ukraini ( 181–184). Vinnitsia. [in Ukrainian]. Yevdokimov, N. (1908). Kafedra astronomii [Department of astronomy]. In Fiziko-matematicheskii fakultet Kharkovskogo universiteta za pervye sto let yego sushhestvovaniya (1805–1905) (pp. 227–237). Kharkiv: A. Darre Printing House. [in Russian]. Levitsky, G. V. (1893). Astronomy i astronomicheskie observatorii Kharkovskogo universiteta ot 1808 po 1842 god [Astronomers and astronomical observatories of the Kharkiv University from 1808 to 1842]. In Zapiski imperatorskogo Kharkovskogo universiteta (Vol. 3, pp. 1–75). Kharkiv: A. Darre Printing House. [in Russian]. Levitsky, G. V. (1894). Astronomy i astronomicheskie observatorii Kharkovskogo universiteta ot 1843 po 1879 god [Astronomers and astronomical observatories of the Kharkiv University from 1843 to 1879]. In Zapiski imperatorskogo Kharkovskogo universiteta (Vol. 2, pp. 1–55). Kharkiv: A. Darre Printing House. [in Russian]. Shkuratov, Y. G.(Ed.). (2008). 200 let astronomii v Harkovskom universitete [200 years of astronomy at the Kharkiv University]. Kharkiv. [in Russian]. Slastenov, A.I. (1955). Astronomiya v Kharkovskom universitete za 150 let (1805–1955) [Astronomy at the Kharkiv University for 150 years (1805–1955)]. Kharkiv. [in Russian].
Source: Archivi Ukraїni
Authors: Central State Scientifi c and Technical Archives of Ukraine (Kharkiv), Marat Balyshev
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4285737586