The economic state of Hertsaivska volost in the second half of the nineteenth century ; Situation économique paroisse Gertsaevskoy dans la seconde moitié du XIX siècle ; Экономическое состояние Герцаевской волости во второй половине ХІХ века ; Економічний стан Герцаївської волості у другій половині XIX століття

The Chernivtsi region as an administrative unit of Ukraine was founded on August 7, 1940. It was formed as a result of annexation of the then Romanian territory by the Soviet Union. It included the northern part of Bukovina, the northern part of the Khotyn county and the Hertsaivsk volost’ of the Dorogoyskyj district, which was not mentioned in any legal document. Soviet historians have suppressed the past of this region, believing that it belongs to Bukovina. There were no special studies devoted to Hertsaivskyj region in Ukrainian historiography, if not to mention the studies of considering its illegal capture by the Red Army in the summer of 1940. The purpose of the article is to characterize the economic indicators of the Hertsaivskyj region in the second half of the nine-teenth century. Its novelty is due to the use of materials not yet published in the Ukrainian scientific discourse, such as: the state of the rural genderness of the Hertsaivska volost in 1866 and its gen-eral assessment during 1899-1902. Metodology of the article is based on the analysis of agrarian culture in this region and its gen-eral economic situation, as well as the cultural level, historical state, the synthesis of disparate information. The basic source for the study of the region's economy during this period was two fun-damental works: “Romanian agriculture of the Dorogoyskyj dis-trict” (1866) by I. Ionesku de la Brada and the 5-volume "Large geographic dictionary of Romania" (1898-1902) by G. Lakhovari, K. Bratian, G. Tochilesku. Conclusions. It could be concluded, that the economic processes of this period, characteristic of Roma-nia, Bukovina and Bessarabia were observed in the Hercevsk Re-gion. The distribution of land to the peasants as a agrarian reform of 1864result, their liberation from serfdom influenced the eco-nomic, social and cultural development of the region. Landowners still had a great influence on the rural economy, free labor of for-mer serfs kept their economy in a satisfactory condition. But there was a new ...