OSTAFIY DASHKOVYCH: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL DISCOURSE REGARDING HIS FAMILY ORIGIN ISSUE

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to carry out a historiographical and source analysis of scientific statements about Ostafiy Dashkovych family origin and his belonging to a certain ethnic environment. The methodology of the study is based on the principles of historicism, systematization, scientificity, and interdisciplinarity. There have been used the following general historical methods: historiographical, historically genetic, and comparative analyses. The scientific novelty is based on the analysis of historical and historiographical sources that refute the notions about Ostafiy Dashkovych being of the Belarus or the Tatar descent and outline the possibilities of proving his Ukrainian origin. The Conclusions. Based on the analysis of historical and historiographical sources, it can be argued that for a long time there were misconceptions about Ostafiy Dashkovych origin in the scientific community. From the beginning of the XVIIth century publication of Szymon Starowolski and up to the present times in literature there has been still preserved the idea of his affiliation with Ovruch. Similarly, since he XVIIIth century there have been prevailing the ideas about his connection with Belarus noble families. Only since the beginning of the XXth century there have been made some attempts to look into Ostafiy Dashkovych family origin based on documentary sources. However, not all new versions have taken into account some materials of the beginning of the XVIth century. The most original version was the opinion expressed by Nataliia Yakovenko about the Tatar origin of Ostafiy. Nevertheless, today all known information suggests that Ostafiy Dashkovych family has Ukrainian roots and its descent can be traced back to the XIVth century.

Key words: Ostafiy Dashkovych, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kyiv, Kyiv region, ancestry, genealogy.