1919 рік – знаменна дата в історії Центрально-Східної Європи й України: ідея соборності

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the state-building processes in Central and Eastern Europe in the beginning XX century, in particular in the Ukrainian lands. The separation of 1919 as a significant date in the history of the development of the idea of cohesion and the formation of new statehood is very important. The author set the following tasks: to show the exclusivity of region of Central and Eastern Europe, especially, the events of the beginning of the XX century for the historical perspective of the region; to identify the main aims of the ethnic groups during this period; to show the process of development of the idea of cohesion and statehood in Ukrainian lands; to draw attention to the contradictions and the reasons which prevented the Ukrainian liberation and national unification, and the creation of the independent Ukrainian state; the value of the idea of cohesion of Ukraine for the development of independent Ukrainian state in the future. Writing the article, the author used empirical (description) and theoretical (analysis, synthesis, generalization, induction, explanation) research methods. The scientific innovativeness of this article is to analyze the problem of the formation of nation-states in Central and Eastern Europe, and the process of state formation on the basis of the idea of cohesion, especially the problem of formation of Ukrainian statehood against the background of common European processes. Thus, 1919 was a significant date in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, especially, because of the formation of new nation-states. The dissolution of the Russian and the Austro-Hungarian Empires created the real preconditions for the self-determination and cohesion of the Ukrainian people, the creation of the independent Ukrainian state. However, the Ukrainians could not manage to realize their national project, this experience became a basis of Ukrainian independence in the future