The Ethnology Notebooks. 2026. № 5 (191), 1439—1461
UDK 94(477.81)”1777/1918″:929.7
- Received: 23.08.2026
- Accepted: 14.09.2026
- Published: ??.??.2026
DUBROVYTSKY MANOR OF THE DE BROEL-PLATERS IN 1777—1918: ECONOMY, SOCIETY, CULTURAL HERITAGE
KARAGEZOVA Sophia
- ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3049-8850
- Сustodian of the 1st category funds
- Sarny Historical and Ethnographic Museum
- of the Sarny City Council,
- 20 Prosvity St., 34500, Sarny, Rivne region, Ukraine,
- Contacts: e-mail: sophiakaragezova@gmail.com
Abstract. The article examines the Dubrovytsia estate of the de Broel-Plater family in 1777—1918 as an economic, administrative, social and cultural complex.
The relevance of the study is due to the need for a comprehensive coverage of the role of large private landownership in the economic, social, spatial and cultural development of Dubrovytsia in the late 18th — early 20th centuries.
The purpose of the article is to comprehensively characterize the formation and functioning of the de Broel-Plater family estates and determine their impact on the development of the town and surrounding settlements during 1777—1918.
The object of the study is the Dubrovytsia estate complex of the de Broel-Plater family, and the subject is the processes of its formation, the management system, areas of economic activity, the relationship of the owners with local communities, as well as the educational, confessional, charitable and cultural initiatives of the family members.
The source base consists of estate inventories, land management and cartographic materials, private correspondence, statistical information, materials from the periodical press, as well as scientific and local history works.
The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, systematics and scientific objectivity; historical-genetic, problem-chronological, comparative-historical, source-study and cartographic methods were applied.
As a result, the evolution of the estate from a serf-firvark economy to large landownership, adapted to post-reform market conditions, was traced; the development of agriculture, forestry, crafts, trade, entrepreneurship and transport infrastructure was analyzed. The place of the Vorobynska residence in the management of the estates, the influence of the Platers on educational and sacred construction, the formation of library and art collections was highlighted.
Keywords: de Broel-Platery, Dubrovytsia, Vorobyn, estate, land ownership, filfark economy, patronage, cultural heritage, Volyn Polissya.
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