Historical Principles of Hospitality Development in Ukraine

The aim of the work. The article examines the essence of the hospitality concept. It determines the main historical principles of its development in the territory of Kyivan Rus, outlining the influence of the Christian tradition on the Ukrainian hospitality formation. The methodology of research. To conduct the study such methods as analytical; systemic; historical; logical; culturological were applied. The scientific novelty is a systematic study of the hospitality’s historical principles development as a socio-cultural phenomenon in Ukraine. Conclusions. Hospitality as a sociocultural phenomenon is a specific moral behavior model of a certain ethnic community members based on the system of its customs and rituals, morality norms and law. For many centuries adherering to its own traditions in the ordinary, ritual and everyday spheres of activity, every ethnos creates a system of advantages that penetrate into an everyday life, stipulating certain standards of the utilitarian behavior. Ethnic and national features of hospitality and its functioning are predetermined by a heterogeneous level of the the social culture development in different regions of the world and by the influence of local customs, rituals and tastes.