THE QUESTION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTONOMY OF SUBCARPATHIAN RUS’ IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SECOND CZECHOSLOVAK CRISIS OF 1938

Abstract

Summary. The purpose of the study is to analyze the process of implementation of the national-state autonomy of Subcarpathian Rus’, its gradual nature during the Second Czechoslovak Crisis of 1938. The research methodology is based on the principles of historical method and scientific objectivity. The system-analytical approach was applied, which allows consider the sources, essence and specificity of the state-making processes and phenomena of the pre-war period. The scientific novelty of the article is in the analysis of the factors of the autumn 1938 Czechoslovak crisis that influenced the deployment of the state movement in Subcarpathian Rus’. The press revealed the provisions of public and unofficial policy makers and their contributions to the establishment of Carpathian Ukraine as an autonomous part of Czechoslovakia. Conclusions. In the late 1930s, the Subcarpathian press extensively covered the national search for Ukrainians in the Transcarpathian region. Newspapers covered international events, known as the Munich Crisis that took place during the short-lived existence of the Carpathian Ukraine. The Ukrainian state in Transcarpathia emerged for a short time in difficult international political circumstances on the eve of the Second World War. According to the press, this process was natural and historically grounded. In general, newspapers of Subcarpathia were a significant means of informing Ukrainians about the current events in the world, as well as the social arena of cultural, spiritual and national-state life of the region.