Actual Study of Myth-making in Ukrainian Historiography and Publicisм
Journal: Historia provinciae – the journal of regional history(rus )
Year: 2018

The author reviews A.V. Stavitsky’s monograph ‘National Historical Myth of Ukraine’ (Sevastopol: Ribest, 2015. 748 p.). The topicality is emphasized for the theoretical study of myth-making in the national historiography of Ukraine. The conceptual framework of mythologization regarding historical knowledge, the role of mythology in construction of identity and the recoding of consciousness are defined. The purpose, principles and features of the Ukrainian mytho-history are revealed. Attention is