On the issue of historical origins and civilizational preconditions of the Russian- Ukrainian war of 2014-2022: attempts of scientific reflection

Sobre la cuestión de los orígenes históricos y las precondiciones civilizatorias de la guerra ruso-ucraniana de 2014-2022: intentos de reflexión científica

• Viktor Lehkodukh Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy, Lviv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-1619
• Volodymyr Horielov The National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovsky, Kyiv. Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3958-6697
• Svitlana Marchenko Polissia National University, Zhytomyr. Ukraine. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3662-9826
• Olga I. Khromova State University of Infrastructure and Technologies, Kyiv. Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5445-4230
• Halyna Shchyhelska Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, Ternopil, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2926-2288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4176.44

Keywords: historical background, foundations of civilization, Russian-Ukrainian war, Russian propaganda, contemporary political history

Abstract

The aim of the article was to determine the current state of the ideological basis of the Russian-Ukrainian war of 2014-2022. The purpose was to achieve a scientific reflection on the historical and civilizational foundations of the Russian-Ukrainian war of 2014-2022, with a key focus on the distorted facts of the past. The presentation of the research results is carried out on the basis of the chronological method. The main sources of the work are written historical evidence (Hypatian Chronicle and Chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg, etc.). In addition, the problem of the main historical and political origins of the divergence between the Ukrainian and Russian peoples, the features of the formation of Asiatic-type despotism in Russia and the problem of Eurocentricity of Ukrainian territories over the centuries were considered. In conclusion, it is summarized that the simplified schemes of interpretation of the history of Ukrainian and Russian peoples became the main feature for the Russian, anti- Ukrainian propaganda in the period of 2014-2022. On the basis of distortion of historical facts and financial opportunities poured into the information sphere, the old Soviet and imperial myths are actively replicated in Russia.

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