Local Studies in the System of School Historical Education

The aim of the article is to comprehensively study the place and role of historical local studies in the system of historical education of general educational institutions in Ukraine. Being a component of national education, historical local studies contributes to the revival of regional traditions and nation’s consolidation. Nowadays historical local studies in Ukraine has become a powerful means of the Ukrainians’ national self-awareness awakening, their national-historical memory, without which the process of establishing independent Ukrainian statehood would be impossible.