Ukrainocentrism

Ukrainocentrism (), abbreviated from Ukrainian centrism is a worldview and philosophical position, political and socio-economic concept, the central theses of which are:
* In foreign policy — building their own independent logical strategy to achieve certain goals in relations with other countries (especially neighboring) on equal terms in terms of realism and pragmatism;
* In domestic policy — the construction and implementation of socio-economic model of development of the country, relying, for the most part, on their own strength;
* In culture — rethinking one's own history and searching for the truth in it, upholding national dignity, protecting national heritage, etc.;
* In philosophy, everything that happens in the world must be looked at with Ukrainian eyes and have one's own view and assessment.
The basis for Ukrainocentrism is the historical past of Ukraine, which has repeatedly become a regional or world leader. For example, during the times of , Ukraine-Rus was on an equal footing with the Byzantine Empire - the most powerful state of the early Middle Ages. And the consent of the Kyivan prince Yaroslav the Wise to marry his daughter to the French king was in fact equal to the admission of his country to the list of the most prestigious states.
The next step is usually called the hetman's period, when Ukraine took a worthy place as one of the most powerful states in the region. It is believed that the Ukrainian Cossack troops became a decisive force that stopped the Muslim invasion of Europe (Ottomans). Historians agree that it was thanks to Ukraine that the Austro-Hungarian Empire survived (in Vienna it can see a church in honor of the Ukrainian Cossacks who saved it from enslavement by the Turks).
Proponents of Ukrainocentrism believe that the main basis for all Ukraine's victories has always been this idea, which provided for its own state path of development, rather than questionable entry into various military-political blocs with its neighbors, who have always tried to achieve their own interests at Ukraine's expense. This applies to both the western and eastern courses of Ukraine. For example, the entry of Kyivan Rus into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, leveled the national identity of Ukraine and Ukrainian Orthodoxy as the main content of Ukrainian national identity, and the conclusion of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi on the military alliance of Ukraine with Moscovia based on the results of the Pereiaslav Council the way to the elimination of Ukrainianness as a historical phenomenon that resulted from the absorption of Ukraine by Moscovia.
An equally interesting fact is that Ukraine has always been a battleground between the West and the East, both literally and figuratively, and remains so to this day.

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