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The book contains essays of historical and sociological nature on a wide range of topics — from the ancient history of Galicia to civilisational problems of the XX century. The author offers a free reflection on the aggravation of complex issues of the national life of Ukraine in the crucial period of its history. In particular, it conceptually studies the cultural and mental specificity of Galicia as an emblematic region of Ukraine, re-examines interesting topics in the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, explores the sources of Russian imperialism and the very philosophy of the struggle between different cultures in the past and present. The whole section is composed of Franco-cognitive studios, which reveal little-known facets of ideological ideas of the great Ukrainian Ivan Frank. The low level of problems in the history of Ukrainian free nationalism (the activity of the OUN and UPA) is analysed, the discursive topics of the study of Ukrainian history are interpreted.

The publication is recommended for historians, philosophers, politologists, culturologists, researchers of the Ukrainian national idea.