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Рецензія на книжки Ірини Мацко «Книга мого роду: Родинне дерево» та «Рости, моє деревце, з міцного коріння»

Огляд XXIII Всеукраїнської науково-практичної конференції «Українознавство в системі національної освіти, науки, гуманітарної політики держави» (НДІУ, м. Київ)

In the process of disintegration of the Soviet Union and development of the independent Ukrainian State (1985–2019), the Ukrainian Orthodoxy underwent radical changes, which influenced the ethnocultural development of the Ukrainian society. Accession of Kyiv Metropolia by Moscow was abolished and its previous status restored. The Unification Council established the Local Orthodox Church, which was later granted tomos of Autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The topical tasks of the Church consist in its recognition by other Orthodox churches and its engagement in the unification process of Orthodox parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate. The intensity of further differentiation depends largely on the new government of Ukraine. For modern Ukrainian society, the main ethnocultural consequences of changes in the religious situation are as follows: 1) the appearance of Ukrainian national religious organizations; 2) the full-fledged functioning of the Ukrainian language in the religious life; 3) the revival of rituals and traditions associated with the religious life that were banned in the USSR or forgotten; 4) formation of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church on the basis of Kyiv Metropolia and its acquisition of the highest canonical status in Ukraine. Changes that took place in the religious sphere contributed to the reverse Ukrainization of the Ukrainian ethnos after the long process of Russification, as well as to the political and ethnocultural consolidation of the Ukrainian nation. The impact of these changes on the modern ethnocultural development of the Ukrainian society, which took place from the mid-1980s till today, should be considered positive and corresponding to the national interests of Ukraine. These shifts in the religious situation contribute to the process of overcoming consequences of the religious, political, economic, and ethnocultural domination of Moscow in Ukraine.

The author has examined news reports of the Ukr.net web portal which appeared during one day, on February 16, 2019, in the context of sociolinguistics and ethnocultural processes of modern Ukraine. First of all, the language of each headline is determined; the absolute number and proportion of messages in Ukrainian and Russian per day are calculated, as well as among those of all thematic sections. The number of posts provided on the portal page in Russian with the correspondence in Ukrainian on the primary source page is researched. The hypothetical share of messages in Ukrainian is calculated, provided that the editorial board of the portal gives the name of all primary messages in two languages: Ukrainian and Russian. Linguistic errors have been identified and systematized, including those caused by the influence of the Russian language, which has been dominant until recent times in the education and information space of Ukraine. Ukr.net is one of the most popular web portals in Ukraine in terms of attendance, and plays an important role in shaping news in the Ukrainian-language environment. Every day the portal editors provide thousands of messages. Posts in the Ukrainian language in different thematic sections had a share from 21% (among all “Auto” news) to 66% (among all main news). About 62% of all headlines per day were in Russian. However, most of the news in Russian had a matching version in Ukrainian and could be found on the portal page in this language. Today we observe the improvement of legislative conditions for overcoming the consequences of a long-term systematic Russification of the Ukrainian population. Conforming to the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as a State Language”, websites must have basic versions in Ukrainian.

The author has researched the coverage of ethnic cultural phenomena in Historical Atlas of Ukrainian Statehood published in Lviv in 2013 by the Research and Production Company Maps and Atlases. The Atlas was published in the Ukrainian language and positioned as a popular scientific edition. The information found in the Atlas on ethnic cultural phenomena, which took place on the terrain of the Ukrainian part of Europe, was systematized, described, and generalized.