http://ir.dspu.edu.ua/jspui/handle/123456789/5460 2026-04-24T12:31:46Z http://ir.dspu.edu.ua/jspui/handle/123456789/5489 Название: Ukrainian historians on "historiographic front" of the russian-ukrainian war (review on the book: turning point: Russia's War against Ukraine in the Time Layers and Spaces of the Past. Dialogues with Historians. Editor-in-Chief Valeriy Smoliy; editor Авторы: Haliv, Mykola; Sviontyk, Oleksandra Краткий осмотр (реферат): review on the book: TURNING POINT: Russia's War against Ukraine in the Time Layers and Spaces of the Past. Dialogues with Historians. Editor-in-Chief Valeriy Smoliy; editor: Hennadiy Boriak, Oleksiy Yas, Svitlana Blaschuk. Kyiv: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Institute of History of Ukraine, 2023. Book 3. 844 pp.; ill. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.dspu.edu.ua/jspui/handle/123456789/5488 Название: Ukraine's soft power: historiography of the issue Авторы: Mateleshko, Yurii Краткий осмотр (реферат): The purpose of the research is to analyze historiography of Ukraine’s soft power issue, directions, features, problems and prospects. The methodology of the research is based on a combination of theoretical provisions of the American scholar J. Nye’s concept and historical approach. In the research there has been used a broad understanding of historiography as a collection of scientific works on a certain issue. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that a historiographical analysis on Ukraine’s soft power issue, directions, features, problems and prospects has been done for the first time. The Conclusion. There are three main directions of Ukraine’s soft power research: 1) general issues (components, problems, possibilities, etc.); 2) the soft power issue of Ukraine in some states; 3) the image aspect of the issue. Nowadays the soft power issue of Ukraine is the most studied one in seven countries: Poland, Romania, Moldova, Georgia, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The research in this area is based on a fairly well-developed methodology, which cannot be said about other two aspects (with the exception of economic image power). The very neglect of the theoretical and methodological foundations caused the shortcomings in the studies of the Ukrainian soft power issue: 1) substitution of the research subject, in particular identification of “soft power” with cooperation; 2) the use of the term “soft power” in the title without its further use in the study; 3) lack of a unified approach to the “soft power” tools; 4) the use of arbitrary term “the soft power strategy of Ukraine”, which is not recorded in any regulatory document; 5) identification of “soft power” with economic sanctions against the aggressor country, which are demonstration of “hard power”. The above-mentioned shortcomings are related to the indeterminacy of the research subject, its unclear framework. In addition, there is the lack of normative and legal support for the “soft power” policy of Ukraine, its state strategy, as well as the long-term lack of special institutions for its effective promotion, which complicates the research significantly. A prospective direction of further research is to study Ukraine’s “soft power”, in addition to the above-mentioned seven states, in other countries, relying on the theoretical and methodological achievements of the world science on this issue. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.dspu.edu.ua/jspui/handle/123456789/5487 Название: Central figures and events of ukrainian history in the light of content analysis of the ukrainian historical youtube channels from 2014 to 2022 Авторы: Werner, Wiktor; Vovchuk, Liudmyla Краткий осмотр (реферат): The purpose of the research is to identify historical heroes and events that are top among the Ukrainians from 2014 to 2022, based on the processing of historical videos posted on the leading Ukrainian historical YouTube channels. The methodology of the research is based on a complex approach, which implies the use of special computer methods that have not been used in this way before. The methods related to complex network analysis (CNA) have been used, with the help of which a relational database containing information about the most popular characters, events and topics in the Ukrainian historical YouTube videos was depicted in the form of a graph, and the most significant characters and motifs were found out by measuring centrality (as graph vertices). The Louvain Community Detection and Clauset_Newman_Moore algorithms have been used to extract links between topics and the context of their creation (date). The scientific novelty consists in the fact of finding out the renowned historical heroes among the users of Ukrainian historical YouTube channels owing to the use of innovative computer methods. The Conclusion. Nowadays, YouTube, it is not just a platform for posting relevant video content. It is a social network that serves as a platform for learning, communication, exchange of ideas, and distribution of important information. Diverse interesting and important films and videos appeared on the Ukrainian YouTube channels with historical themes in 2014 – 2022, regarding the coverage of the Ukrainian view of its own history, which was carefully hidden or rewritten by colonial regimes for decades. As a result of the research, owing to the cutting-edge computer methods application, the authors found out that the top period of Ukrainian history for domestic producers of video products posted on the Ukrainian segment of YouTube is the period of the 17th century. Accordingly, the top historical hero is Bohdan Khmelnytsky. However, for the Ukrainian users of these YouTube channels, the top historical hero is Ivan Mazepa, a symbol of the struggle for the Ukrainian and European statehood. The conducted research showed that the interest of the Ukrainians in the history of their own country has increased recently. This tendency is could be observed with the outbreak of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian War, which affected people’s reception of their own past significantly. And this is, in fact, the beginning of the conscious nation formation, who seeks to get rid of its “backwardness” and the imperial past, and aims at gaining self-respect and respect of the European community of peoples. It is the foundation for getting rid of the Ukrainians’ reception of themselves as the inferior. It is one of the important steps towards building a truly independent state, an equal partner in the international arena. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.dspu.edu.ua/jspui/handle/123456789/5486 Название: Polish and ukrainian local self-government reforms (1998 - 2020): historical and comparative analysis Авторы: Sharavara, Tamara; Nekriach, Anastasiia Краткий осмотр (реферат): The purpose of the article is a comparative analysis of the Polish and Ukrainian reforms of local self-government and sinlingling out the most significant European practices useful for Ukraine. The research methodology is based on the principles of systematicity, dialectics, reliability, a concrete and historical approach, logic. General scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, comparative, structural and functional, generalization, special methods of interview and content analysis have been used. The scientific novelty consists in the analysis of development peculiarities of local self-government bodies of the Republic of Poland in comparison with the Ukrainian realities, and the most relevant European practices for modern Ukraine have been suggested, which must be taken into account when establishing self-governing institutions under the conditions of power decentralization. The Conclusion. The structure and conceptual approaches in the organization of local self-government of the Republic of Poland have been studied, and information on self-government various branches operating in this country has been collected by means of interview and observation methods; it has been clarified how self-government branches became the most important provider of public services for their citizens, an important partner of international investments. It has been confirmed that the Polish commune truly became a school of democratic governance and contributed to development of civil society structures. The foundations of a close cooperation between the sołtys administration of Grobniki village, Głubszyce gmina and Nekhvoroshchanska community of Poltava region of Ukraine have been laid. The achievements and problems accompanying the reboot of local government in Ukraine during decentralization have been outlined. Chief focus is on the possibility of introducing certain elements of the Polish experience into a domestic practice of self-governing institutions in order to increase efficiency of their functioning. In particular, it is about ensuring a full autonomous control by self-governing bodies over the sources of their own revenues and having the right to make decisions regarding their distribution, application of equalization principle of local budgets, creation of joint firms, associations with entities that carry out their activities within the framework of self-governing territories, involvement of population in local affairs management, election of officials at all levels of local self-government and, first of all, in the Ukrainian starosty districts, that are part of territorial communities, establishment of mutually beneficial partnership cooperation with international and domestic investors. The European choice of Ukraine, which has gone through certain historical stages of democratization and formation of a civil society, contributes to realization of such tasks. It is the European choice that provides various opportunities for improving activities of local self-government bodies, their interaction with power structures at all levels of management and population, establishing constructive cooperation and dialogue with all interested institutions. That is why, the Polish model of a local government organization, which is built on the principles of subsidiarity, deconcentration, consensus, combining efforts of the state and self-governing units, effective legislative and legal regulation, deserves analysis and study. After all, a positive balance of transformations and changes that took place in this country really deserves not only a chief focus, but also implementation expediency in the Ukrainian practice, which gives reason to look at a further development and improvement of national self-government with optimism. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z