Transformation of I. Ohiienko's research: history, culture and traditions of old printed books

In the article, based on the experience of Ukrainian bibliological science, we sought to analyze the incorruptible treasures of the printed collection of Cyrillic editions of the National Library of Ukraine by Yaroslav Mudry. Not only by presenting the books in an excursive way, but also by insisting that we set an urgent task the fact that the books, which are considered to be cult, fi nally crossed the boundaries of the temples, entering the school curriculum. Based on the experience of Ukrainian bibliologists, in particular, on the work of scientist-encyclopedist I. Ohiienko, we presented the funds of the old printed book of the National Library of Ukraine by Yaroslav Mudry. A century later, the scientist in the book «History of Ukrainian Printing» (Lviv, 1925) collected and systematized a huge source material, planning a further multi-volume edition, which would present the history of Ukrainian books XV-XVIII centuries, a description of old prints, an album of photo-graphs of their title pages, art decorations, etc., textbooks on the history of Ukrainian bib-liography, the content of ancient books, their printing techniques, the history of engraving, censorship, etc. That is, the range of research was planned to be diverse. However, these plans of the scientist were not destined to come true. And today put I. Ohiienko’s tasks were not fully implemented as he wanted. This layer was partially raised by S. Maslov, P. Popov, I. Sventsitsky, other scientists, and separate groups of book collections, but their achievements still had the character of a narrowed circle of research. The general public knew the old Ukrainian book on occasion, its texts were mostly used in churches, ie in terms of worship. The book did not reach school curricula. We picked up all the old books of the National Library of Ukraine by Yaroslav Mudry, told about the printing house, au-thors, purpose, and we very much hope that, in the end, the old book will enter the second-ary school and take a worthy place in the educational process. Otherwise, young people will continue to be insuffi ciently educated, will not know their roots, customs and rituals.