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The article analyzes historical experience of Ukrainian clergy’s activity in Transcarpathia in mid ХІХ – early ХІХ century through the prism of pedagogical value. It was elucidated, that clergy’s influence on formation and development of national education was crucial. On the base of studying products of Ukrainian clergy unions activity it was revealed, that the fight for spreading of native language was used as an instrument for Ukrainian culture development and national school creation. The edition of books, handbooks, calendars, prayer books, periodicals of Ukrainian direction widened the readers’ worldview, formed the national world understanding and awaked the national self-consciousness. The cultural activity under the influence of denationalization was directed on Christian-patriotic education, formation of respect to history, culture, traditions and customs of native people. The creative searches of clergy favored the evolution of native language of Transcarpathian dwellers to the united norms of Ukrainian language. The edition of books, handbooks, calendars, prayer books, periodicals of Ukrainian direction in native language widened the readers’ worldview, formed the national world understanding and awaked the national self-consciousness. The spreading of information about historical unity of local dwellers with whole Ukrainian nation stated the self-identification of Transcarpathian Ukrainians as a part of Ukrainian nation. The education of people, national self-identification was realized by the means of native word: from love to Moscow through the blurred notion about Carpathian rusyn with its patois to the integral Ukrainian literary language with elements of local living speech Author Biography Галина Миколаївна Розлуцька, SHEE "Uzhgorod national University" Narodna sq., 3, Uzhhorod, Ukraine, 88000 PhD, Associate Professor Department of pedagogy and psychology

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