Краєзнавство Донеччини: 30 років пошуків.

Abstrakt

The article is dedicated to the results of the activities of Donetsk regional organization of local lore during the period 1990–2000. The author provides various forms of the research and promoting the knowledge of native land; reveals the surnames of those who have been engaged in the local lore for 30 years. The article is the first well-grounded, thorough generalization of the local lore movement in the Donetsk region over a three-decade of the historical period of development. The article is also valuable because its author has been not only a direct active participant of local lore in the Donetsk region but also an official head of the regional organization of local lore: 1993–2003: the deputy chairman of the board of directors, 2003–2020: the chairman of the board of directors of Donetsk Regional Organization of the National Union of Local Lore of Ukraine.