O. Hromik, Master's Student

Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2022.154-155.3


THE MENTALITY OF UKRAINIANS AT THE END OF THE XIX – AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY


The relevance of the current work stems from the growing interest of the general public and the scientific community in the topic of mentality, deepening the understanding of its essence in general and its role in the development of society in particular.

The purpose of the research is to reveal the causal relationships of the processes of the development of the Ukrainian mentality at the end of the XIX century – at the beginning of the XX century.

The tasks of the research are to establish the key factors in the formation of the mentality of Ukrainians at the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX centuries, to single out the main features of the mentality of Ukrainians in the specified period, to characterize the manifestations of these features and to find out the meaning and consequences of the investigated mentality-transformational processes in the context of their impact on key events history of Ukraine at the beginning of the XX century.

The research methodology, in addition to standard general scientific and special historical methods, included consideration of the information obtained in the process of content analysis from a sociological point of view, which made it possible to reveal the investigated phenomenon as dialectical and dynamic.

Results and conclusions. The main features of the mentality of Ukrainians in the specified period were identified, a detailed description of the findings of some of them was given, and the connection between the mentioned features and the low consolidation of Ukrainian society during the national liberation struggles of the beginning of the XX century was proven. In the context of establishing the factors of transformation of the mentality of Ukrainians at the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX century. the hypothesis was put forward and argued that the social

environments to which individuals entered and the relevant experiences they acquired played a significant role in the relevant processes.

Keywords: mentality of Ukrainians, peasantry, intelligentsia, military, First World War, Ukrainian revolution.


Submitted: 15.11.2022

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