International Cultural Polylogue at the Turn of ХХ – ХХІ Centuries: The Problems, Challenges and Prospects for Ukraine
International Cultural Polylogue at the Turn of ХХ – ХХІ Centuries: The Problems, Challenges and Prospects for Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to define the factors of central tendencies of international cultural communication regarding political and social and cultural processes in Ukraine at the turn of ХХ–ХХI centuries. The methodology is based on an interdisciplinary toolkit of the research, complicated ethnic-social phenomenon of their dynamics and corresponding terminological apparatus. With the help of the complex analysis of bilateral relationships between Ukraine and other countries in the cultural sphere we can notice the ways and methods to resolve ethnocultural life issues in Ukraine. Scientific novelty of the research is the systematic characterization of the two planes in which the ethnocultural policy of Ukraine was carried out: within the country and at the level of intergovernmental contacts, as well as the clarification of the positive and negative aspects of these processes. Conclusions. In modern circumstances, inter-ethical cultural relations, an algorithm for national minorities to implement their rights, recorded numerous international agreements, which include Ukraine, is one of the national security factors. Hasty ill-calculated steps in this delicate sphere can activate critical amount of conflict potential of unsolved issues and regarding destructive outer interfering can lead to a crisis with loads of political losses for Ukraine. Modern geopolitical challenges create a necessity of increased attention to these issues, considering their urgency for international relationship. As the system analysis shows, Ukrainian State politics was directed to general principles of democracy, ethnic pluralism and equality. At the same time different political powers, which ruled in that period, had different opinions regarding politics forming in ethno-cultural sphere relationships, what lead to its discrete character, mistakes and looses which damaged the consolidation of Ukrainian political nation.

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