Kwestia rasizmu w myśli ideologów Organizacji Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów (1929-1945)
Question of racism in the thought of the ideologists of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (1929-1945)

Summary/Abstract: The goal of the article is to show what role did the racist elements play in the ideology of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalistsand whether they were present in that ideology at all. In the scientifi cdiscourse it remains controversial, whether OUN was in fact a fascistorganization. Those discussions very often ignore the question of racismand its role in both Italian fascism and Ukrainian nationalism. It is alsorarely analyzed what was the nature of those racist elements.In the article the historical-legal method has been used, as well asthe comparative method. The problem has not been analyzed in thechronological manner, in order to secure the clarity of the article Appliedstructure of the paper allows showing the analyzed problem from themost general questions to more detailed ones. Works of the ideologistsconnected with OUN, such as Dmytro Dontsov, Volodymyr Martynec’,Dmytro Orlyk, Yuliyan Vassyjan and Yuriy Lypa have been analyzed,Author decided to underline most important parts of their thought presented in their books and pamphlets and compare their views on eachissue. It allowed to indicate that racism is often a topic presented in theworks of the ideologists of OUN, although there is no one version of thatthought. Every author presents his own view on that topic and otherapproach. However, they seem to become gradually more interested inthe problem of the race in late 30’s and 40’s. However Ukrainian racismis not a biological racism. It treats the race as the spiritual phenomenonwith a biological substrate.

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