РОЗВИТОК КУСТАРНОГО ТЕКСТИЛЬНОГО ВИРОБНИЦТВА В УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ГРОМАДАХ КУРСЬКОЇ ГУБЕРНІЇ У ДРУГІЙ ПОЛОВИНІ ХІХ – НА ПОЧАТКУ ХХ СТОЛІТТЯ

The article deals with features of art textile production development by Ukrainian population of Kursk province in the second half of XІX – at the beginning of the XX cent. The major factors of national art skill’s development of Ukrainians are researched in the sphere of pattern weaving and carpet weaving. The special attention is paid to the analysis of ethnocultural traditions, variety of forms and art techniques of the most widespread in Ukrainian gromadas of Kursk province. It  is  stated  that  Ukrainians  made  a  substantial  contribution  to  development  and  reclamation  of Ukrainian ethnic lands of Kursk province. They created new methods of housekeeping and rich national  culture,  including  culture  of  pattern  weaving  and  the  carpet  weaving  on  the  territory  of Skhidna Slobozhanshchyna. The inexhaustible imagination, richness of technical solutions, wisdom and optimism, special feeling of functionality and decorative effect, the high degree of artistic images generality became those traits which characterized the creativity of high-gifted Ukrainian na- tional masters of textile art of Kursk province in the second half of XІX – at the beginning of the XX cent.  Keywords: Skhidna Slobozhanshchyna, Ukrainian gromadas, textile art, national art crafts, ethnocultural traditions, weaver's drawing, carpet-maker.