13:10 - 14:50
P13
Room:
Room: Meeting Room 2.3
Panel Session 13
Dylan Potts - The Irish Potato Famine and Desertion in the US Civil War
Vasily Korovkin - Conflict and Inter-Group Trade: Evidence from the 2014 Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Jaakko Meriläinen - The Long-Run Political Legacy of a Civil War: Finland over More Than a Hundred Years
Political and cultural transit of Ukraine ab initio (since independence)
P13-4
Presented by: Oleksandra Petrenko
Oleksandra Petrenko
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian Republic independence, that is, since 1991, there has been a gradual transition from the outgoing Soviet way of organizing the state structure to a qualitatively new European model. This transit is new for the Ukrainian mentality, both politically and socio-culturally. For instance, a measure of successful adaptation is the call for nationality and unity through the formation of the image of a patriot, promoted more actively in the post-revolutionary periods. Namely, the law on the language was adopted, which consolidates the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language. Today, Ukraine is in the stage of cultural openness and cooperation, whereas the investment in culture is a contribution to the national unity, education and erudition. Thus, Ukraine enters the world arena, enhancing its image. Ukrainian students have the opportunity to go to work or study abroad, which demonstrates the positive dynamics of the future state development. The imprint imposed on people of the past stage, in this case, the Soviet past, contributes to the development of a contrasting position regarding the polarity of "freedom of speech, a course towards NATO" v. "stability, the idea of ​​a hegemony, a strong and united power", expressed in the pro-Russian or pro-European vector of further development of the Ukraine. The issue of transition to a market economy and effective management of foreign investment is also on the agenda. Such a transit of Ukraine of a new formation will be briefly presented in my proposals.