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    Leisure Activities of the Noble Youth Residing on the Right Bank of Ukraine in the First Half of the 19th Сentury
    (2024) Zemskyi Yurii; Земський Юрій
    The loss of their own national statehood triggered certain decadence among the Polish gentry. Undoubtedly, this was felt most acutely by representatives of younger generations, especially those from low- and middle-income families. Moreover, these feelings of self-dissatisfaction were intensified by comprehending their inability to change the current situation, as well as the realization that some of their compatriots, especially those with significant material wealth, openly collaborated with the ruling circles of the invading empires. Thus, the noble youth suffered from moral discomfort due to the lack of integrity between traditional class beliefs about their dignity, inherited from their chivalrous previous generations and bearers of famous coats of arms, and their contemporaries who silently obeyed the new orders of the invaders.The reaction of resistance to such a reality was a special subculture of everyday behavior of young nobles in the form of the ‘Balahul’ (or ‘jesting’) movement. Moreover, in terms of its content, this movement was fully in line with the common European ideological philosophy of national building, through the destruction of barriers between various strata within societies. The purpose of the study is to highlight the socio-political causes for the cultivation of the fashion for leisure in the form of jesting among the noble youth of the Right Bank Ukraine. Methodologically the study relies on the principles and methods of systemic-and-structural approach, comprehensiveness and integrity, comparative analysis and synthesis. The scientific novelty is based on the conclusions inferred from a combination of materials from historical and documentary sources. On the other hand some of them are explanations of the realities of the regional phenomenon through the context of pan-European political events and processes.Thus, leisure activities of the noble youth, showcased in the form of jesting, despite their shockingness, theatricality, and comedy, were democratic aspirations by their nature. Overall this was a form of searching for ways to bring together and understand the peasant and bourgeois strata, which then became the driving power for national consolidation of Ukrainian society.