Development of co-operative motion is among Kuban Ukrainians at the beginning of ХХ item

In the article the main stages and reasons of becoming and development are examined consumer - co-operative societies on North Caucasus. An author comes to the conclusion, that they had sources in the system of samoorganizacii of Ukrainian cossack village societies of Kuban, from the environment of which representatives went out Ukrainian nationally - cultural motion of inhabitants of this region. With the attempts of the Ukrainian association to find combination of activity of activists of this motion the special way of output from under economic exploitation. The author of the article examines previous illumination of this problematiki in other scientific researches. He leans against position, schoetnichni features directly influence naformi samoorganizacii of association and choice of strategies of economic survival of this association, which it viborala depending on historical experience and own cultural and mental stereotypes. In the context of this article, examining co-operative motion on Kuban, an author comes to the conclusion, that this motion became necessary pre-condition motion on Kuban, an author comes to the conclusion, that this motion became necessary pre-condition and economic basis for forming of the Ukrainian modern identity among Ukrainians of this region