Civilizational Choice Research Articles

Специфіка Youtube-проєкту Центральної телерадіостудії Міністерства оборони України на початку активної фази російсько-української війни

The main objective of the study is to find out what changes occurred in the work of the Youtube project of the Central Television and Radio Studio of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine with the beginning of Russia‘s full-scale aggression against Ukraine (in the period from February 24 to May 31, 2022). Methodology. The methods of content and thematic analysis and data systematization are used in the article. The data visualization method is used for quick perception of information for the third-party users. The factor method made it possible to study the influence of individual factors on the effective indicators of the studied Youtube channel. The comparative method was used when comparing the results and evaluation of Youtube channels, that allowed to demonstrate the general trend. Results, conclusions. In the conditions of the beginning of the active phase of the RussianUkrainian war, the Central Television and Radio Studio of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was forced to reorganize its work and content. The produced content began to be covered exclusively through the official Youtube channel “Military Television of Ukraine”. The growth of the channel‘s audience in the first three months of the active phase of the Russian-Ukrainian war became possible due to ―aggressiveness‖ and uniqueness of the content: about combat operations, losses of Russian troops in manpower and military hardware, invincibility, feats and professionalism of the Ukrainian soldiers. A characteristic feature of the Youtube project of the Central Television and Radio Studio of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine ―Military Television of Ukraine‖ is in its positioning as an official source of information from the military command about the execution of assigned tasks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is an important instrument of the state propaganda for supporting and promoting the civilizational choice of Ukraine through the armed forces as a guarantor of reliable protection of this choice. The content of the Central Television and Radio Studio of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine can either be offered to the national TV channels, or become the basis of broadcast of a separate military TV channel in the case of making a decision on its creation.

Ukraine – European Union: a New Phase of Relations in the Context of the 2014 – 2022 Russia – Ukraine War

Against the backdrop of Russian aggression against Ukraine and its global consequences, the paper analyses the evolution of relations between Ukraine and the European Union throughout 2014-2022 and the prospects for Ukraine's European integration. It highlights the peculiarities of the formation of Ukraine's European policy as a strategic direction of foreign policy and a factor of its decisive civilizational choice. The main stages and problems in the implementation of Ukraine's European choice are analysed. The focus is on investigating key events and phenomena in the relationship between Ukraine and the European Union at a fundamentally new stage, from the signing of the Association Agreement in 2014 to granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership in 2022. It analyses the attitudes of individual European Union member states towards Ukraine's European integration prospects, the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the positive change in the EU and its member states' attitude towards Ukraine and its European aspirations, and concrete measures and actions by the European Union aimed at providing moral and political support as well as economic, financial, humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine in its heroic resistance to Russian aggression. It is emphasised that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 not only united Europe and improved the perception of the EU in member states' societies, where the positive image of the European Union reached its highest level in decades, but also maximised Ukrainian support for European integration, which has become the key to Ukraine's resilience in the fight against Russian occupiers

Russia's Civilizational Choice: the Eurasian Alternative

The purpose of this work is an attempt to determine the role of the Eurasian factor in the civilizational choice of Russia. This scientific problem is considered by the author in two sections: philosophical-historical, involving an appeal to the ideological heritage of the Eurasians, and philosophical-political, allowing to assess the significance and prospects of the Eurasian vector as one of the key directions of Russia's foreign policy. The article defines the relevance of Eurasian integration for Russia, provides the provisions of the Eurasians that support the integration process. The prospects of Russia's Eurasian civilizational choice are examined both from a cultural and historical point of view and from the perspective of current geopolitical realities. The collapse of the Soviet Union is assessed as a natural stage of historical development necessary for liberation from the borrowed communist idea and for the formation of a pyramidal identity structure that requires the actualization of the national identity of peoples. One of the elements of this structure is a "supranational" identity, the formation of which is possible within the framework of the implementation of the Eurasian project. The consequence of the implementation of such a project may be the satisfaction of the public need for a new consolidating national idea, as well as the satisfaction of the demand for great power inherent in Eurasian psychology. In conclusion, it is concluded that the formation of the Eurasian Union is necessary from the point of view of national security in conditions of shifting the line of the civilizational fault to the borders of Russia.

The legal future of Russia. Part 2. Civilizational choice

The legal future of Russia. Part 2. Civilizational choice

ЩОДО ВПРОВАДЖЕННЯ ЗАКОНУ «ПРО АДМІНІСТРАТИВНУ ПРОЦЕДУРУ»

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to highlight the latest stages of the adoption and entryinto force of the Law of Ukraine “On Administrative Procedure” (hereinafter – LAP), its keynovelties, as well as the formation of a vision regarding the main measures of implementing thePAP, approaches to solving potential conflicts between the LAP and current legislative acts.Methods, Research methods are historical, comparative and legal, as well as methods offorecasting, analysis, and generalization.Results. The law with a 23-year history of preparation was finally adopted before the full-scaleinvasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. The article pays attention to the practical noveltiesof the LAP, as well as a significant theoretical novel - the introduction of the construction of “publicadministration” into the Ukrainian legislation. Among the measures for the implementation ofthe LAP, the following stand out: timely normative harmonization of the current legislation onthe LAP, development of approaches to solving potential conflicts, educational and scientificcomponents. Many novels of LAP still need in-depth scientific study. This especially applies to theproblem of determining the boundaries of the sphere of public administration (taking into accountthe dynamics of social relations, the processes of delegation of public functions, privatization,etc.), the determination of the subjects of consideration of complaints in the administrativeorder (mainly affecting the issue of the subject competence of administrative bodies and the political-administrative nature of individual bodies executive power and local self-governmentbodies), revocation and invalidation of administrative acts, etc.The greatest attention in the article is paid to the problems of potential conflicts of the LAP withspecial legislation and approaches to solving these conflicts. These approaches are based on theprinciples of LAP and their priority. The following principles are of particular importance andvalue: guaranteeing a person’s right to participate in the proceedings (including the person’sright to be heard), guaranteeing effective means of legal protection, the principles of formality,reasonableness, and openness. In addition to significant conflicts, potential “technical” conflictsand ways to resolve them are also outlined.Conclusions: It is necessary to welcome the adoption of the LAP in such difficult times. This isa practical confirmation of the civilizational choice of Ukraine, our European integration. Nowthe Ukrainian state must make due efforts to implement the LAP, because its implementation willsave public resources at the next stages, simplify legal regulation for citizens, businesses, andpublic officials. It is necessary to ensure that the current legislation is brought into line with theLAP, training of public servants, further theoretical development of the problems of the generaladministrative procedure. Approaches to resolving potential conflicts should be developedseparately. And here, the principles of LAP, their correct understanding and application playa key role.

ПРАВОСЛАВНА ЦЕРКВА В УКРАЇНІ В УМОВАХ РОСІЙСЬКО-УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ВІЙНИ: ПОЛЮСИ ЦИВІЛІЗАЦІЙНОГО ВИБОРУ

The article clarifies the role of the leading Orthodox institutions of Ukraine – the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate – in the conditions of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. It was noted that the war became a powerful catalyst for the national identification and civilizational choice of the institutions of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, the positions of which were finally polarized by the full-scale invasion of Russian troops.It was concluded that the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the conditions of war sees its role primarily in the continuous supply of chaplains for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They perform the functions of meeting the spiritual and religious needs of Ukrainian soldiers, providing them with the necessary supplies, and social and psychological assistance. The church provides charitable assistance to Ukrainian families whose homes were destroyed by the occupiers. The social initiative of the Foundation of Metropolitan Epiphany regarding the construction of temporary housing for residents of the Kyiv region is aimed at this.The presentation of Ukrainian autocephaly in the world was the representation of the OCU in the assembly of the World Council of Churches in October 2022, which was strengthened by the resolution condemning Russian aggression.The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate takes an ambiguous position regarding the war. The environment of this institution became significantly polarized with the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russian troops. On the one hand, its hierarchs in the East and South of Ukraine support the invasion of Russian troops and mobilization, fake referendums, and actively collaborate with the occupiers. At the same time, another part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is trying to clearly and unambiguously distance itself from the Russian Orthodox Church. The group of archpriest Andrii Pinchuk, who became one of the initiators of collecting signatures for an international church tribunal against Patriarch Kirill. In order to stop the split in the Church, the Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate adopted a decision on "independence and independence" from the Russian Church. Analyzing the decisions of the Council, the leaders of the Orthodox Church ofUkraine commented on them as a "smoke screen", in fact a mimicry of independence from the Russian Orthodox Church.

Евромайдан: криминолого-правовой анализ

Introduction. The article highlights the events related to the consequences of the nazification of Ukraine, the central link of which was the Euromaidan. The purpose is a criminological and legal analysis of the current situation in the sphere of Russian-Ukrainian relations and the establishment of imperatives to respond to it. The methodology of criminological and legal analysis is based on dialectical, historical, sociological and logical methods. Results. The article is based on the materials of an on-line survey of 286 respondents conducted in March 2022 in Omsk and St. Petersburg. The article discusses the consequences of choosing Ukraine in favor of European integration; the flight of the Russian elite after the start of a special Russian operation, the problem of collaboration and measures to counter it. The issues of manipulation of consciousness and Russophobia, the policy of anti-Russian sanctions and its effectiveness are considered. Conclusion. Euromaidan is a civilizational choice of Ukraine, criminal for its political leadership and the Nazis, tragic for the population. Not only Ukrainians, but also many citizens of Russia do not understand this. The imperatives of the current situation are the conduct of educational work among young people, the adoption of legal measures against collaborators. Itis strategically important to ensure the full-scale inclusion of patriotic resources in the system of domestic propaganda, which in many respects remains focused on Western attitudes.

Ноосферная цивилизация и ноономика: от теории к практике

the theory of world civilizations presupposes a number of stages of social development of this phenomenon: civilization as an alternative to savagery and barbarism; local civilizations; diverse cultural and historical types, Slavic cultural and historical types in particular. The characteristics of the phenomenon under study, as well as the vicissitudes of civilizational choice are considered. Great attention is paid to Russian spiritual and cultural traditions, specifically the Russian civilization. A significant stage in the development of mankind is the noospheric civilization, the next civilizational stage of development after industrial society. The author notes that it is time for an urgent transition towards it, since the model of capitalism as a socio-economic formation has exhausted itself. The article proves that today many hopes are pinned on the digitalization of the economy and society, which will lead to a new round of civilizational development. Noospheric civilization is based on the infinite possibilities of the mind to comprehend, understand and improve the natural world and the human world through science and creative activity on the basis of good and virtue, morality and ethics, freedom and social justice. The practical implementation of the ideas and principles of noonomy is a long process of entering the era of noospheric civilization. One of the fundamental roles in this process is played by technological transition. One of the directions of the modern development of noonomy is the energy transition and projects for the advancement of the “green economy”. There is an active preparation of a fundamentally new scientific and technological basis for the economy in Russia – the “Strategies for the development of nature-like (convergent) technologies in the Russian Federation” project. The main phases of the implementation of this Strategy have been determined, new methods are being quickly mastered and applied, and the legislative framework is being developed on a planned basis. Noospheric civilization, noospheric society and noonomy as a consolidating concept and a realistic project as well remain a desirable and theoretically plausible development alternative.

The Propaganda of Deepening Belarusian-Russian Integration in the Pro-Russian Internet Media of Belarus

The article analyzes the functioning of pro-Russian propaganda Internet media in the Republic of Belarus, which testifies to their purposeful activities designed to promote integration narratives in the country’s information space. It is concluded that the rhetoric used by Russian and pro-Russian Belarusian Internet media is essentially the same and does not differ significantly depending on the considered source of propaganda. It has been determined that the information impact is carried out using a set of identical theses, techniques and formulations that justify the commonality of history, culture and the need for the unity of the Belarusian and Russian peoples. It is noted that the actual identification of Belarusian national interests with Russian interests is used to justify the necessity and inevitability of Belarus’ civilizational choice in favor of Russia.

THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL GAPS OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATIONAL CHOICE

The article closes theoretical and conceptual gaps of European civilizational choice: argumentative contradictions within the ways to implement the European civilizational choice in Ukraine's political life, the variability of European civilization values Ukraine can choose, the results of the implementation of Ukraine's European civilization choice in political practice were analyzed. The axiological-normative, structural-functional and comparative methods helped to prove that possible ways to implement the European civilization choice in Ukraine's the political life either have internal contradictions or will lead to the loss of Ukraine's statehood, thus it is not advisable for Ukraine to choose the European civilizational values in their pure form. As far as the implementation of Ukraine's European civilizational choice on the level of political practice is concerned, so far it is coherent to superficial and ritualized civilizational identification as opposed to substantial and existential civilizational identity. Ukraine's civilizational choice that entails the implementation of European civilizational values in their pure form is extremely problematic and unlikely under the current socio-political conditions. The results of the study can be used in further political-theoretical research that aims to find more realistic and viable concepts of Ukraine's civilizational choice. Key words: Ukraine's political life , Ukraine's civilizational choice, civilizational values, European values, political institutions.

Philosophy as a factor of spiritual independence of Ukraine

The article examines the problems of philosophy development in Ukraine during the thirty years of independence; an attempt is made to periodize this development. It is shown that the independence of Ukraine, in addition to the state, political and economic dimensions, also contains a spiritual component associated with religious, cultural, linguistic, and ideological independence. The key here was independence from the Moscow Church and creating an autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Nevertheless, since, according to the Constitution of Ukraine, no ideology can be recognized by the state as mandatory, spiritual independence is also a secular category and presupposes worldview and philosophical independence. The article highlights several stages of the creation of philosophical independence. First, the first stage required overcoming the ideologically biased philosophy of Russian Marxism, that is, Marxism-Leninism. The second stage is the involvement of Ukrainian philosophy in the models of modern world philosophy, the assimilation of its leading trends and paradigmatic complexes. The role of translations of philosophical classics and modern philosophical literature in entering philosophy into world philosophical thought in Ukraine is also shown. Finally, the third stage is related to solving the critical problems of our time, related to globalization, ecological crisis, universalism and particularism in ethics, ethical reclamation of modern society, etc. The article also deals with the role of philosophy and philosophical education in substantiating the value orientations of the development of Ukrainian society, the formation of communicative, moral, professional competencies of citizens as a factor in the civilizational choice of Ukraine.

Research and practical conference to the 800th anniversary of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky

This is an overview of the scientific conference dedicated to the 800 th anniversary of Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky (ca. 1221–1263). The conference gathered Russia’s most eminent historians specializing in Alexander Nevsky and his era, who assembled at MGIMO on April 19, 2021. The event was moderated by Yaroslav Skvortsov, Dean of the School of International Journalism (MGIMO University) and Head of the Church and International Relations Council . V. A. Kuchkin, Chief Research Fellow and Director of the Center for Early Russian History at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IRH RAS), delivered a paper entitled Alexander Nevsky: the Neva Battle, the Reconquest of Pskov, and the Ice Battle . A. A. Gorskii, Chief Research Fellow and Director of the Center for Source Studies in Russian History at IRH RAS, spoke on the long-term consequences of Prince Alexander’s deeds and policies, while R. A. Sokolov, Director of the Institute of History and Social Sciences at the A. I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University, gave a paper on debated issues in contemporary historiography of Alexander Nevsky. E. L. Koniavskaia, Senior Researcher of IRH RAS and Editor-in-Chief of the Drevniaia Rus (Early Russia) journal, presented a historical-philological analysis of the earliest Vita of St Alexander Nevsky. The MGIMO department of National and World History was represented by prof. O. F. Kudriavtsev ( Alexander Nevsky and the Catholic West ), prof. V. I. Ukolova ( Alexander Nevsky, his time and contemporaries ), prof. T. V. Tchernikova ( Relations between Alexander Nevsky and Velikii Novgorod in 1236–1263 ), and assoc. prof. S. P. Rybakov ( Alexander Nevsky in Eurasian Literature ). As a result of the conference, certain details of prince Alexander Nevsky’s life and deeds were clarified; the thesis that Alexander Nevsky made a civilizational choice to submit to the Mongol rule and to repel the armed and diplomatic encroachments of the West was refuted; unprofessional criticism of the attitude to Alexander Nevsky in the modern and contemporary history of Russia was proven to be unfounded; new arguments in favor of a truly all-Russian veneration of the holy prince Alexander in the 19th century Russia were presented; and the iconography of St Alexander Nevsky in South Russian lands in the 17–19 cc. was examined. And at the practical level, many papers and the comments following them made clear the relevance of the holy prince’s example and deeds for today.

КОНЦЕПЦІЯ КУЛЬТУРНОГО НАЦІОНАЛІЗМУ У ТВОРЧОСТІ ДМИТРА ДОНЦОВА: ОСНОВНІ АСПЕКТИ

Анотація. Мета дослідження ‒ розглянути окремі важливі пропедевтичні аспекти тлумачення вісниківської культурно-націоналістичної концепції, звертаючись до досвіду основоположника вісниківської традиції – відомого філософа, публіциста, редактора Дмитра Донцова. Методологія дослідження.З огляду на мету і завдання дослідження, методологічна база виразно інтердисциплінарна. У роботі використовується гносеологічний потенціал націософії як філософії національного буття, націології як теорії нації, герменевтики як теорії та практики інтерпретації та постколоніалізму як інтерпретації культурних явищ з позиції анти- і постімперської свідомості. Наукова новизна полягає в тому, що на основі націософсько-геременевтичного узагальнення та робочого дефініціювання поняття культурного націоналізму запропоновано пропедевтичне окреслення цього феномена в дискурсі основоположника вісниківської традиції Дмитра Донцова. Висновки. У студії висвітлено поняття культурного націоналізму взагалі та окреслено найважливіші елементи концепції культурного націоналізму в межах ідеології вольового націоналізму Д.Донцова. Йшлося про культурні виміри понять націоналізму та національної ідеї, національної ідентичності та національного імперативу. Докладнішого висвітлення потребують також інші елементи концепції мислителя: естетики, традиції, історіософії, національного способу інтерпретації, релігії, системи вартостей, національної Церкви, релігійності націоналізму, цивілізаційного вибору українства, національного ідеалу та ін. Донцовська концепція має виняткове історико-генетичне значення, оскільки визначальним чином вплинула на постання ідейного базису таких унікальних культурно-історичних феноменів в межах доби між світовими війнами, як вісниківство та організований націоналізм.

"The new Russian civilization will be the civilization of Pushkin" (on the question of "civilizational choice")

"The new Russian civilization will be the civilization of Pushkin" (on the question of "civilizational choice")

Creation of author’s lexical and semantic dictionary in the dramaturgical practice of Oleksandr Irvanеts

The subject of the research is the lexical and semantic features of the carnival-ironic dramatic writing by Oleksandr Irvanets. The object of the research is the dramas “A Little Play about Betrayal for an Actress”, “Electric Train for Easter”, “Recording”, “Live Broadcast” and “Liar from Lithuanian Square”. The purpose of the article is to analyze the writer’s dramas through the prism of keywords, author’s semantic constructions, neologisms and other features of artistic language. Lexical-semantic and stylistic analyzes are an effective method for achieving this goal. As a result of the research it was found that in his dramas O. Irvanets exposes Soviet myths to aesthetic destruction and formulates a number of artistically camouflaged questions related to the civilizational choice of post-totalitarian Ukraine and addressed to readers / listeners / viewers of his works. Issues of totalitarian traumatic experience of Ukrainians and its postcolonial experience, simulated reality and its aesthetic representations, subjectivity / non-subjectivity of Ukrainians at the turn of the 20th–21st centuries, return of Ukrainians to their own language and mental values become important for the writer in his dramatic work. He does not declare these issues directly, but resolves them at the levels of global conceptual metaphors, symbolic field, authorial word formation, anti-utopian modes, associations and allusions, combination of multilingual and multidisciplinary fragments and remarks, ardent discussions, including internal ones. This whole register of means is designed to encourage Ukrainians, both in the first post-Soviet decade and in subsequent years, to self-awareness, civilizational self-determination, and the search for their own subjective identity. The novelty of the study lies in the interpretation of texts on the basis of identified lexical and semantic features. The perspective of the research is to consider its results in the context of all the works of O. Irvanets, as well as with the lexical and semantic features of the works of other playwrights-postmodernists.

ЦЕРКВА В УКРАЇНІ В УМОВАХ СУЧАСНИХ ЗАГРОЗ: РЕАКЦІЯ НА РОСІЙСЬКУ ВІЙСЬКОВУ АГРЕСІЮ

The aim of the article is to try to find out the attitude of Christian denominations in Ukraine to the Russian-Ukrainian war in eastern Ukraine as a manifestation of their religious and national identity. External risks for modern Ukrainian society require in-depth scientific analysis of this issue, in particular in sphere of religious relations. Russia's military and ideological aggression has become a marker of the social identity and civilizational choice of Christian denominations. It clearly revealed the position of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate as a structural part of the Russian Orthodox Church and a powerful tool for implementing the policy and ideology of the "Russian world" in Ukraine. Factually, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate represents the interests of the Russian Orthodox Church as it adheres to its guidelines for Ukraine to be in the sphere of Russian geo-confessional interests. This is evidenced by the dominance of the Russian language in worship, sermons, educational institutions, publishing. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has not even formally condemned the Russian intervention so far, nor has it recognized Russia as an aggressor. On the contrary, some priests of the Church openly promote Russian aggression and call for the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity. The temples of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Donbas serve as weapons depots for Russian troops, and Russian terrorists openly serve the Moscow Patriarchate. The attitude of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate / Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and other Ukrainian Churches to Russian aggression determines their patriotic pro- Ukrainian position. This is most eloquently characterized by the institute of chaplaincy, which thіs Churches actively supply with their staff.

TARGETS OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY OF UKRAINE UNDER INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL AREA: SOCIAL AND PERSONAL DIMENSIONS OF CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL INTEGRITY

The authors of the article analyse the social and personal dimensions of the targets of the strategic development of educational policy of Ukraine under integration into the European educational space in their cultural and historical integrity. On the examples of comparison of foreign experience, achievements of modern progressive democracies, it is explained that the path of Ukrainian state formation determines the need for optimal civilizational choice of priorities, based on which - education and upbringing of the nation. It is shown that in contrast to the EU, where the strategic basis in the field of education and training is determined by teachers, in Ukraine the problem of teacher training, deepening the content of their education, decent financial rewards, etc. is not only obvious but also glaring. Further integration of the country into the world economic and cultural space encourages the synchronization of the Ukrainian education with European. It is proved that the issues of concretization of value content and development of methodology for training competent specialists in the field of educational policy for Ukraine, on the one hand, and personal and professional selection, training for work in the field of state education policy - on the other are important. The necessity of creating an educational and research institution in Ukraine - the Institute for Educational Policy Research - is substantiated.

МЕТОДИЧНІ ПІДХОДИ ТА МОДЕЛІ ПРИЙНЯТТЯ АДАПТИВНИХ УПРАВЛІНСЬКИХ РІШЕНЬ У БУДІВНИЦТВІ

The article analyzes the methodological approaches to making adaptive management decisions in construction, taking into account European quality standards for construction products. It was found that the civilizational choice of Ukraine, its main priority of domestic and foreign policy is full-scale integration with the European Union. The «4M» methodology is presented, which directly connects quality management with the use of the whole arsenal of management methods and management decision-making options. It is noted that one of the most important factors in the quality of construction products is effective inventory management, which reduces the duration of the production and the entire operating cycle reducing current costs for their preservation and freeing from current economic turnover of funds by reinvesting them in other assets. Ensuring this efficiency is achieved through the development and implementation of financial policies for inventory management. Emphasis is placed on the fact that one of the modern methods of making adaptive management decisions on the quality of construction products is benchmarking. Its’ application is based on the characteristics of quality management systems, guided by international and national quality management standards. Benchmarking tools have been found in order to make effective management decisions and gain a lasting competitive advantage. It is concluded that taking into account European standards the solution of effective management decisions by the construction companies’ product quality management, is based on the use of operational, marketing and economic tools that address the strategic development of construction companies in Ukraine. In turn, the path chosen by the economy of Ukraine indicates the need to comply with European standards of construction work quality, which is significantly complicated by the current state of domestic production systems.

Everyday Life of the Ukrainian Parochial Clergy of the Late 16th — First Half of the 17th Century (Based on the Work “Perspective” by Cassian Sakowicz)

The article deals with the history of everyday life of the Ukrainian parochial clergy of the late 16th – first half of the 17th century. This was a very important time period for both the history of the Church in Ukraine and Ukraine itself. It was then when the Ukrainian society, divided by confessional identification, found itself on the crossroad of civilizational choice. Further political, social, and religious transformations in Ukraine were significantly influenced by national and religious movements of that epoch. In native and foreign historiography, the mentioned processes were examined within the context of global political and cultural development of Central and Eastern Europe. However, “small living worlds” of petty nobles, clergy, bourgeoisie, and peasants have not been sufficiently studied, as well as the motivation for actions of great masses of population, who profoundly impacted the cultural progress of Ukraine.The article is based on the polemical work by Cassian Sakowicz “Perspektiwa” (“Perspective”) (1642), with the additional information from the works of his opponents (Petro Mohyla and Pachomiusz Oranski). The author makes an attempt to explore the everyday life history of the Ukrainian parochial clergy belonging to the first generations after the Union. The author examines the questions related to the origin of the parochial church senior priests, level of their education, professional ability, and material security. Major attention is paid to venal practices in the church structures (both Orthodox and Uniate), which considerably caused the decay of religious life on the parochial level. The social state of the priests is examined separately, as well as their interactions with the land-owners and parishes.The author argues that despite the low level of professional ability of the priests and lack of special educational institutions, the representatives of higher Uniate clergy and well-educated monks from the Basilian Fathers’ community did their best to improve the educational level and religious upbringing of the parochial priests. It can be concluded that this activity caused the development of the confessional identification of the Uniate believers.

ЛЕОНИД БОРОДИН: К ПРОБЛЕМЕ ТВОРЧЕСКОЙ ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНОСТИ

In the article, L.I. Borodin’s novel The Third Truth is considered against the background of disputes about the historical fate, culture and literature of Siberia in the second half of the twentieth century. The author attempts a holistic reading of The Third Truth using current methods of mythopoetic analysis. Attention is focused on the meaning of the name, on the key artistic concepts and the character series Ryabinin – Selivanov – the Obolenskiye. The poetics of the names of key characters and the artistic space that belongs to them are studied in detail. The basic concept is called the taiga, which is ontologically important for Siberian writers, and allows them to convey a characteristic attitude to nature. In the associative field of the concept, words with axiological semantics are identified. The author comes to the following conclusions: L. Borodin managed to fix the approaching end of the heroic stage of national history in the relationships of key characters; he managed to show in Selivanov’s fate the reflection of the tragedy of the new “urban” reality, which suppresses national and historical instincts and deforms the axiological foundations of existence; the place of this story in the literary biography of L. Borodin is determined by the uniqueness of the created aesthetic reality that corresponds to the idea of traditional artistic systems, but most importantly – the scale and nature of generalizations that characterize the modern civilizational choice.