UKRAINIAN CULTURE CREATION AS A FACTOR OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF UKRAINE IN THE CONDITIONS OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSION

Abstract

It is shown that the war unleashed by the Russian Federation was directed against the Ukrainian people and that the Ukrainian national idea, whose main goal is to ensure the consolidation, cohesion and national unity of the Ukrainian nation, should play a decisive role in resisting attempts to divide the country along ideological and national lines. As with any genocide, the Russian Federation is primarily trying to erase the Ukrainian identity, so a lot of effort should be directed to its preservation. All forms of culture and art should have a major function, primarily its newest forms, which reflect the reaction of Ukrainian artists to the escalation of the war. For society, it is culture that gives a sense of the soul of the people, belonging to one's country and unity. Therefore, the special interest of researchers, not only culturalists and art historians, but also researchers of social sciences in the topics of the transformation of Ukrainian society in the conditions of war, can trace certain trends, images, forms that change and reflect specific periods of living in collective traumatized by war, as well as the multiplicity of experiences in dense reality wartime in Ukraine and beyond. It is indicated that the destruction of Ukrainian culture during a large-scale war is not an accident. The desire to protect one's state has become a unifying factor of Ukrainian society, which, speaking about the unique qualities of Ukrainian identity through cultural practices, unites the whole world around Ukraine, leaving no chance for the aggressor to escape responsibility. The importance of Ukrainian cultural and artistic practices as a significant factor in the consolidation of Ukrainianness in the conditions of Russian aggression for the establishment of Ukrainian identity is proven.