Methodology of historical and economic research experience of post-war reconstruction

The purpose of the article is a comprehensive presentation of the modern arsenal of methods of historical and economic research. Methods and tools are presented in accordance with specific research issues. This is an urgent issue of post-war economic recovery. Scientific methods are shown in unity with the functions of economic history. A set of methods and approaches was used, which made it possible to reveal the methodological arsenal of historical and economic research in unity with their functions. The combination of analysis of various tools and synthesis of methodological approaches is aimed at achieving systemic and ensuring the effectiveness of current research programs of historical experience of post-war economic reconstruction.The result of the study is the methodological support of scientific knowledge of the international experience of post-war economic reconstruction. The expediency of applying the principle of integrativity as a synthesis of empirical historical and theoretical economic knowledge is substantiated. The content of the worldview function of economic history is revealed. It is realized through demythologization and objectification of knowledge about the content and determinants of post-war reconstruction. It is shown how the cumulative function of economic history is related to the formation of the realism of economic thinking. The prognostic function of economic history is substantiated – the ability to predict future developments and directions of events on the basis of previous experience. Comparative analysis allows us to consider the dynamics of economic recovery in different countries, the development of different economic systems and their national models. Historical experience in the implementation of reconstruction plans and programs should be studied in the unity of ontological, teleological and axiological components.The value of research methods and principles is revealed with the help of historical examples. The results of the study will be useful in the study and implementation of historical experience in the post-war recovery of Ukraine’s economy. 
JEL classіfіcatіon: B40, N44, N45, O19