PECULIARITIES OF THE NATIONAL IDENTITY OF UKRAINIAN YOUTH IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

Abstract

The article highlights the issue of the influence of the russian-Ukrainian war on the formation of the national identity of Ukrainian society. The analysis of existing scientific research on the understanding of the concept of «national identity» was carried out. It has been established that the concept of «national identity» is a modern term that has replaced the concepts more familiar in traditional approaches: «nation» and «national self-awareness». It was determined that a feature of the development of national identity in Ukraine at the current stage is the identification of society based on Ukrainian values, national heritage, family traditions, etc. It has been found that today there is a crisis in society regarding the formation of «national identity», which especially concerns young people. It is also determined that the crisis is caused by a ten-year war, a full-scale invasion, as a result of which a large part of Ukrainian youth emigrated to different parts of the world, which was the beginning of a change in the formation of national identity. In order to overcome the crisis in Ukrainian society, it is proposed to introduce long-term mechanisms and tools that will reproduce the national identification mode, for example, raising the prestige and significance of Ukrainian traditions, the Ukrainian language, creating internal conditions for positive perception by citizens of their nation, country, state, «building a historical portrait», as a determining factor for the formation of national identity, raising the social status of the nation and the country in the world and its awareness and perception by the citizens of the state, the involvement of youth in patriotic activities, etc. It was established that the most favorable conditions for the formation of national identity are provided by the observance of the principles of a legal, democratic, social state, which creates dignified working and living conditions for a person, protects the basic rights of a person and a citizen.