Ukrajinská etnogenéza: antský kmeňový zväz

SERHIJ KORNOVENKO – ANATOLIJ MOROZOV
Čerkaská národná univerzita Bohdana Chmelnického,
Ukrajina

Ukrainian ethnogenesis: Ante tribal union

Abstract: Scientific research and explanation of the Ukrainian ethnogenesis of the 3rd–7th century, i.e. the social, economic and military-political life of the Ante tribal union is currently very relevant. There are several basic approaches within the scientific-historical heritage of the Ante issue formed from the second half of the 19th to the beginning of the 21st century. Some authors point to the non-Slavic origin of the Antes, other researchers justify their Slavic origin and some of researchers prove that the Antes appeared in historical sources under its own name and they are the direct ancestors of the Ukrainian nation. Despite the numerous historiographical heritages of the history of the Ante tribal union, not all questions of this scientific problem are fully and evenly explained. There are some controversial moments as well. Considering this fact, the authors of the study aim to research the Ukrainian ethnogenesis of the 3rd–7th century, i.e. socio-economic and socio-political life of the Ante tribal union. The object of the research is thus the Ante tribal union; the subject of research is the etymology of the ethnonym „Ant“, the first written reports, the economic basis of the Ante tribal union and its socio-political and military organisation.

Keywords: the Antes, Ante tribal union, Ukrainian ethnogenesis.