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Introduction political and spiritual ones. They are distributed
The relevance of a personality’s development exists depending on the level of organization of society at the
outside of time. Both today and in the past centuries mega, macro and micro levels. The mega-level includes
scientists were preoccupied with this issue. The role of sociocultural factors: economic, social, political and
a talented person in the development of society is spiritual processes of the existence of mankind as a
essential. A high-level specialist cannot only make a whole. The macro level of sociocultural factors includes
certain contribution to the development of the sphere but economic, social, political and spiritual processes of the
also open up new paths in both scientific and life of a particular society. The micro-level of
philosophical knowledge of the world. Of course, these sociocultural factors concerns the personlity’s living
searches are not easy and must be carefully prepared. conditions of the individual, the state and characteristics
There arises a question of studying talented scientists’ of the professional, social and spiritual processes of life
environment in order to extrapolate the main factors into of specific groups (Kryvokon, 2007). In our opinion, it
a personality’s development. is very useful to study the conditions and experience of
Studying various societies, scientists came to the prominent scientists’ development. Vernadsky’s life and
conclusion that the social environment affects the scientific path were studied by biographers and
development of an individual’s creative abilities and historians. In recent years there have been scientific
potential. Features of interaction form certain works examining mainly his contribution to science. As
requirements for a person and create conditions for the for Vernadsky’s life, the works of Sytnyk and Bevz
development of an individual’s qualities which are in (2017) are dedicated to the historical perspective of the
demand by this particular stage of development of the outstanding scientist’s life and activities. Volkov and
society. That is, during the study, self-development in Kulikova (2007) consider his legacy in terms of
the process of life an individual’s natural abilities “awakening of the Ukrainian nation”. Posokhov (2002)
develop in accordance with the requirements of society. analyzes his views on the “university issue”. However,
An important factor is personal activity during the psychological studies of a personality’s development,
learning process and creative activities. This expands the formation of V. I. Vernadsky’s views were not in the
the boundaries of the tasks and goals that an individual focus of scientists’ attention. In previous articles we
set for himself or herself. analyzed the phenomenon of V. I. Vernadsky’s
According to Sysoieva (2006), the formation of a scientific talent (Vynogradova, 2019). However, it is
creative personality as a conscious social being takes necessary to study the conditions of V. I. Vernadsky’s
place sequentially, becoming more complicated in sociocultural environment which influenced the
accordance with the stage of development in an formation of the scientist’s personality and his scientific
accessible system of social relations. So, a personality’s thought.
development goes through certain phases which have The aim of the study. To investigate the main
life features, corresponding structure of mental activity, environmental factors that influenced the development
level of development of the substantive, motivational of V. I. Vernadsky’s personality in his childhood and
and operational aspects. A gradual transition from one adolescence.
phase to another occurs in accordance with the laws of a
personality’s development. However, each person goes Materials and Methods
through these phases in his or her own way, depending In order to study the conditions for the formation of
on the social conditions of life, the presence of a V. I. Vernadsky’s worldview we applied the
developing environment and problematic training. biographical method. It should be noted that in this study
However, it should be noted that each previous phase this method is used to determine socio-political factors,
prepares the next one, the previous state of the family influences, the university environment which
personality turns into a new one, and these were systemic and forming ones for the scientist’s
transformations are irreversible. views. We focused on the study of the formation of the
Kryvokon (2007, p. 11) admits that “formation of a future scientist’s personality in the context of historical
personality is a complex process of acquiring and events, the features of their individual being and
transforming individual socio-cultural and socio- relationships with immediate circle which had a special
typological qualities of society, socio-professional influence on the formation of life programs and
groups and the corresponding mentality for scenarios of the development of V. I. Vernadsky’s
implementing individual and social life strategies based personality and worldview.
on the accentuation of the deployment of individual
components of nature and a person’s psyche by targeted Results
and indirect influence of the social and information We have made a theoretical and historical analysis of
space on an individual’s consciousness, lifestyle and V. Vernadsky’s life. The conditions in which young
activity, value orientations and the civic position”. He people formed in the 19th century did not differ much
notes that a personality’s social formation can be from those in which their parents grew up. Sociocultural
determined by three groups of factors: natural, influences on the personality were quite stable. Parents’
sociocultural and individual-personal. Natural factors experience helped their children. So, the elders’
are the environment in which the individual is located adaptiveness to living conditions helped young people
and where the development of his biological, social and socialize, obtain education, profession and adopt the
spiritual nature (cosmic, biospheric and geographical) values of the older generation (Tytarenko, Zlobina, &
takes place. Sociocultural factors are economic, social, Liepikhova, 2012).
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