Implementation of the policy of russification in Ukraine in the second half of the twentieth century: historiography

Abstract

Defined the condition of research implementation leadership of Soviet policy of russification in Ukraine in the second half of the twentieth century, personal contribution of scientists in to the development of the problem and the impact of historiographical situation on determine the areas of scientific research and analytical part of the research. Indicated that modern ukrainian scientists russification seen as a negative phenomenon, which contributed deformation identity and worldview large part of ukrainian. It is alleged that russification actively used the Russian Federation, as the Soviet Union to achieve the objectives of the geopolitical scale associated with the expansion of areas of domination. In studies of russian scientists actually russification policy based on the rise of the russian people as «first among equals» transformed into condemnation of any manifestation ukrainianization and praise worldwide mission of the russian people in the campaign is to spread the so-called «russian world». Russian scientists have largely welcomed perceive internationalization of life in the Soviet Union and Soviet principles of international reconciliation of nations and ukrainian scientists emphasize the unresolved national question in the Soviet Union and in the presence of national intelligence, workers and peasants who were opposed to the country's leadership and principles about unity of the Soviet state