Yurii Tereshchenko

(Continued from the previous issue)Such consistently constructive intentions of the hetman’s government always ran into the resistance or incomprehension of the “traditional” Ukrainian political parties which, to quote Dmytro Doroshenko, “believed from the very moment the...

(Continued from the previous issue)The hetman understood that demanding “customary obedience” from the rebellious peasants, i.e., forcing them to do compulsory service in the previous scope, would mean to drastically narrow the new regime’s social basis. This is why, although...

It became clear in the mid-17th century that the old Ukrainian aristocracy, whose roots went back to the era of ancient Kyivan Rus’-Ukraine, was now unable to show authority among other societal strata and play the role of a generally-recognized leader. The uprising of Prince Mykhailo Hlynsky...

(Conclusion. For beginning see The Day No. 10 of February 15, 2018)The introduction of historical hetmanite titles into diplomatic ritual revived an old Ukrainian governmental tradition that became an inalienable accessory of the new Ukrainian State and contributed to the proper honoring...

In spite of the spread of socialist ideology and practice in the world, contemporary history is characterized by activization of conservatism which shows itself as a constructive state-formation force, an essential factor of stability, order, and supremacy of common human and national spiritual...