The contribution of Eisenstadt to the development of comparative historical sociology of empires is researched. The work of Israeli scientist ‘The Political Systems of Empires: The Rise and Fall of the Historical Bureaucratic Societies’ is on the focus. The main goal of the research is to disclose the content of theoretical positions and the specifics of the methodology of this work.
The article is devoted to the fight of the great Ukrainian poet, artist and public figure, patriot, defender of rights, freedoms, esteem and dignity. Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko entered the history as prominent and fearless fighter against antinational, antilegal, inhumane political and legal system of Russian Tsarizm. Taras Shevchenko is Ukrainian Prometheus 114 who brought the truth to people by prominent words, forming a national consciousness and willingness of Ukrainians to fight for social and national liberation.