Розглянуто історіографію розвитку вищої освіти Чернігівщини, визначено дорадянський, радянський та сучасний етапи означеної проблеми; з"ясовано, що дослідники ґенези вищої освіти Чернігівщини велику увагу приділили вивченню дати заснування, фінансуваннята функціонування Чернігівського колегіуму; визначено, що розвиток вищої освіти Чернігівщини розглядався дослідниками через вивчення двох складових: системи закладів освіти і просвітницької, меценатської та педагогічної діяльності визначних особистостейЧернігівського краю.
The historiography of the development of higher education in Chernihiv region is considered, the pre-Soviet, Soviet and modern stages of this problem are determined; it was found that researchers of the genesis of higher education inChernihiv region paid great attention to studying the date of establishment, financing and functioning of the Chernihiv Collegium; it was defined that the development of higher education in Chernihiv region was considered by researchers through the study of two components: the system of educational institutions and educational, philanthropic and pedagogical activities of prominent personalities of Chernihiv region.
It was found that the Chernihiv Collegium (1700-1786) was the first institution of &secondary education in the Left Bank of Ukraine, whose activities were of great importance for the formation and development of the domestic system of higher education. The question of the history of one of the Ukrainian Orthodox colleges was the sub&ject of study by researchers of the XIX century P. Bogoslovsky, M. Dokuchaev, V. Lytynsky, O. Shafonsky. In the first half of the XIX century some information about the Chernihiv Collegium was contained in the works of V.Askochensky, D. Bantysh- Kame&nsky, M. Bulgakov, M. arkov, M. Markevich. The introduction into scientific circulation of significant archival material on the history of the college began in the second half of the XIX century, the first articles by A. Starodomsky appeared. F. Gum&ilevsky"s works contained factual material that revealed various aspects of the history of the college, educational and philanthropic activities of its founders. A selection of archival materials on the history of the college of researchers M. Blagov&eshchensky P. Dobrovolsky S. Nikolsky was published in the local press in the late nineteenth - early XX century; scientific researches of the history of the educational process of Chernihiv region were intensified (O. Andriyashev, O. Vvedensky, P. W&ojciechowski, M. Golik, F. Dmytrevsky, P. Dobrovolsky, M. Domontovych, M. Zhdanovych P. Korobka, O. Musin-Pushkin O. Rusov, S. Rusova, M. Sukhomlinov, M. Tutomlin, V. Khyzhnyakov, E. Shulga). Scientists of the Soviet period studied various aspects of& the development of education in Chernihiv region in the context of the genesis of education in Ukraine (V. Borysenko M. Zavoloka J. Isayevach, B. Mityurov S. Siropolko Z. Khyzhnyak, N. Ship). The modern period of historiography of the study of the d&evelopment of higher education in Chernihiv region is presented in the works of A. Borovik, N. Kuzmenko, O. Pronikov, O. Travkina.
