Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Social and Philisophical Problems of “Post-Soviet Space” (Exemplified by Ukraine)

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Social and Philisophical Problems of “Post-Soviet Space” (Exemplified by Ukraine)

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Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2015 8 (5)
Authors: Yatsenko, Michel P.
Contact information: Yatsenko, Michel P.:Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia; E-mail:
Keywords: sovereignty; civilization; socio-cultural identity; axiological scale; Old Russian nation; mentality; historical self-consciousness
Abstract: Problems associated with the threats that globalization brings to the peoples of the world are analyzed in the article. In this respect, collapse of the Soviet Union and its consequences are of fundamental importance for the understanding of political, socio-cultural and ethnic processes taking place in the “post-Soviet space.” The author emphasizes that a lot of tendencies that characterize the “post-Soviet space” are most pronounced at a series of “color revolutions”. The author analyzes causes and nature of the confrontation on the Maidan. The article shows that the “independent” Ukraine for almost a quarter of a century failed to find not only a worthy place in the world, but even a distinct socio-cultural identity. It is connected not only with the deep contradictions inside the Ukrainian society that have been accumulating for centuries, but also with arrogant external interference. The recent events in the center of the capital of Ukraine showed complexity of civilization choice of the “post-Soviet republics” in the context of globalization
Pages: 981-993
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/16828

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