КУЛЬТУРНА ДИФУЗІЯ НА ПОРУБІЖЖІ: РОЛЬ ТОРГОВЕЛЬНИХ ШЛЯХІВ ТА ЧУМАЦТВА У ТЮРКСЬКО-УКРАЇНСЬКОМУ ДІАЛОЗІ
Journal: Актуальні питання у сучасній науці
Year: 2026

This article examines the phenomenon of cultural diffusion in the Ukrainian borderlands through the functioning of trade routes and the Chumak tradition as key mechanisms of intercultural interaction within the Turkic-Ukrainian dialogue of the early modern period.The problem statement is shaped by the need to overcome one-sided interpretations of borderland territories as spaces defined exclusively by warfare and conflict.Instead, the study proposes a reassessment of these regions as zones of in