MAGAZINE "UKRAINIAN LIFE" VS P.B. STRUVE: DISCUSSION AROUND THE UKRAINIAN ISSUE
One of the most critical problems that worried Russian society on the eve of and during the First World War was Ukrainianity. In the conditions of the battles for Galicia and its liberation by Russian troops, disputes arose about the nationality of the indigenous population of the region: was it a part of the Russian people or an independent “cultural capacity” - the Ukrainian nation? Against the background of these contradictions, a robust discussion on the “Ukrainian issue” developed in the Russian periodicals. On one side of the “barricades” were Ukrainian figures from the Moscow magazine “Ukrainian Life” and Russian liberal figures, and on the other - Pyotr Berngardovich Struve (1870 - 1944) as a consistent opponent of Ukrainians and a supporter of the idea of a “big Russian nation”. Taking into account the importance of the Ukrainian issue today, the dispute that dates back more than a century ago does not lose its relevance; it may help to find answers to nowadays contradictions.