The conception of periodization of the history of Ukrainian state formation by Ivan Lysyak-Rudnytsky

Abstract

The article analyzes the creative work of the historian of Ukrainian emigration I. Lysyak-Rudnytsky on the periodization of the history of Ukrainian statehood in the context of the most common approaches to the periodization of the history of statehood. The introduction of the article contains remarks on the existing problem of periodization of the history of statehood of any country, due to the presence of various factors that serve as criteria for the creation of periodization. Therefore, none of the proposed periodizations can fully satisfy the entire scientific community. The main part of the article contains an analysis of the main approaches to the periodization of the history of Ukrainian statehood, in particular: the formational approach, mainly used by scientists in Soviet Ukraine and the civilizational approach, which was first presented to Ukraine in the early XX century in the scientific works of M. Hrushevsky. In the course of this analysis, the definitions of such concepts as «formational approach» and «civilizational approach» in relation to the periodization of the history of statehood were analyzed. In addition, this analysis was accompanied by a study of the main works of scholars who studied the history of Ukrainian statehood in a particular approach. The whole analysis was performed with the use of remarks expressed in the work by I. Lysyak-Rudnytsky on these basic approaches, as well as opportunities for their elimination at the present stage of development of historical and legal science. At the end of the article, a conclusion is made about the relevance of the concept of periodization of the history of Ukrainian statehood proposed by scientist, as well as its significance in the light of recent events in the development of Ukrainian statehood.