Historical Foundation of Regional Administration in Ukraine

Goal – the article deals with the regional administration initiation and evolution of the Ukrainian lands in the context of statehood origin and national traditions of governance formation. Research methodology – the methodological basis of the work consists in comprehensive, interdisciplinary, systemic and historical approaches to the analysis of regional administration development. Synthesis, generalization, comparison, observation, retrospective analysis as well as other general scientific methods were used while research conducting. In particular, the historical method was applied to realize a retrospective analysis of the emergence and evolution of domestic administrative traditions. Score/results – democracy, elections, ability to self‑organization, restriction of central power by self‑government elements are considered its characteristic elements of domestic administrative features. National administrative traditions and historical experience is presented as an important component within the process of introducing European principles and standards of public administration and reform implementation in the modern Ukraine. Originality/value – the originality and novelty of the scientific paper lies in the definition of national administrative traditions that contribute to the adaptation of foreign experience for the regional administration development and the factors limiting its use. In modern Ukraine, there are practically no fundamental studies examining the problems of adapting the European administrative experience in an organic relationship with the domestic tradition of governance. Therefore, the research remains relevant in the scientific and practical aspects.