Registration Number
0226U004591,
(0124U003854)
, R & D reports
Title
Comprehensive Study of the Folk Culture in the Affected Settlements of Korosten District, Zhytomyr Region
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Комплексне дослідження народної культури постраждалих населених пунктів Коростенського району Житомирської області
Head
Vasianovych Oleksandr О., Кандидат історичних наук
Registration Date
06-10-2026
Organization
State Scientific Center for Protection of Cultural Heritage from Man-Made Disasters
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Based on a comprehensive investigation of the traditional material and spiritual culture of the Korosten district in Zhytomyr region, the aim is to determine its local specificity and to identify archaic elements; to ascertain the current state of the existence of ethnocultural traditions; and to ensure the preservation of identified movable material artefacts of folk culture.
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Research report: 656 pages, 6 appendices, 53 figures, 11 tables
ETHNOCULTURAL HERITAGE, MATERIAL CULTURE, SPIRITUAL CULTURE, CHORNOBYL DISASTER, POLISSIA, KOROSTEN DISTRICT
The object of the study is the traditional folk culture, including its material artefacts and cultural phenomena, of the villages in Korosten District, Zhytomyr Region, affected by radioactive contamination as a result of the Chornobyl disaster.
Objective of the study: based on a comprehensive investigation of the traditional material and spiritual culture of the Korosten district in Zhytomyr region, the aim is to determine its local specificity and to identify archaic elements; to ascertain the current state of the existence of ethnocultural traditions; and to ensure the preservation of identified movable material artefacts of folk culture.
Research methods – field collection of ethnographic, folkloristic, art-historical, and linguistic information, including surveys, observation, interviews, audio, photographic, and video recording, and analytical description; field collection of ethnographic information and material culture objects; generally accepted methods for the registration and preservation of museum objects.
Between 2023 and 2025, 534 respondents were interviewed; 315 hours of audio recordings of historical and ethnographic data were made; 35 traditional folk architecture dating from the late 18th century to the first half of the 20th century were identified and studied; detailed measurements were taken of 15 structures; 6,660 photographs and 13 hours of video recordings were made; and 164 museum objects were collected.
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Radovych Roman B.
Pankova Anastasiia I
Parkhomenko Tetiana P.
Antsybor Daria V.
Svitlana Makhovska
Boriak Olena Oleksandrivna
Krykun Uliya S.
Kovalchuk Nadiia A.
Vasyanovych Olexsandr O.
Dmytrenko Alla Adamivna
Vitalii V. Borovyk
Rostyslav A. Omeliashko
Britsіna Oleksandra Yu.
Olena S. Kazakova
Marharyta V. Skazhenyk
Bonk Olha P.
Rudenchenko Oksana L.
ZORIANA M. TSYPYSHEVA
Yuriy Kovalchuk
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2026-10-06
