Influence of Sociocultural Factors on Formation of V. I. Vernadsky’s Personal Qualities

Abstract

Background and Aim of Study: The article deals with the process of formation of the outstanding scientist V. I. Vernadsky’s personality. The aim of the study: to research the main factors of the environment that influenced the development of V. I. Vernadsky’s personality in his childhood and adolescence. Material and Methods: Theoretical and biographical methods have been used in the article. The preconditions for the formation of the outstanding scientist’s personality have been analysed. The research focus is on the writer’s environment. Attention has been paid to the macro environment of Volodymyr Ivanovych as the intellectual network of the Vernadsky family. Results: The analysis of social, political and economic problems of society which influenced the formation of the outstanding scientist’s personality and his views has been presented. The influence of the main institutions on V.I. Vernadsky’s development has been analysed. The research focus is on the scientist’s family environment. Attention is paid to Vernadsky’s microenvironment. The educational conditions that can be effective in the formation of a personality’s scientific thinking have been analysed. As a result, the main factors affecting the personality’s development during university studies have been found out. The factors that influenced the formation of scientific talent in Vernadsky’s ordinary life have been studied. It has been revealed that the formation of a worldview mainly depends on general behavioural factors and rules that exist in a society or a group of people where a personality grows. Conclusions: The main macro-factors that influenced the development of the outstanding scientist’s personality were the following: a noble origin; the intellectual network of the Vernadsky family; the influence of prominent scientists who taught at university; social activity of the advanced part of society. So, micro and macro environments are an important factor in the conditions of which an individual develops.