Establishment of the Mariupol State University as a Humanities Education and Science Center in the North Pryazovya

Abstract

The study analyzes issues related to the establishment of Mariupol State University as a Center of humanitarian education and science in the Noth Pryazovya (the North-ern Azov region). The prerequisites for the creation of the Mariupol Humanities CollegeatDonetsk State University, as well as the Mariupol Humanities Institute of DonSU, are highlighted.The study of the mentioned issue permits to consider the place of the Greek com-munity in the social life of the Azov region, the peculiarities of the Greek mentality for-mation and the influence of this national and cultural factor on the formation of a higher education humanities institution in Mariupol. The issue of the formation of educational and scientific components in the activities of the Mariupol Humanities Institute is being clarified.In the article, considerable attention is paid to the study of the Mariupol State Uni-versity’s place in the development of Ukrainian-Greek educational, scientific, cultural ties, various contacts in the humanitarian sphere, various aspects of Hellenistic studies at the institute are analyzed, historical and philological aspects of teachers’, post-graduate students’ and students’ studies are indicated.