nation

Statement of the problem. Ukraine is presently going through a severe structural crisis. Consolidating its populace on the foundation of efficient public administration in the area of Ukrainian national identity formation will enable its escape. To date, there is a need to determine the theoretical foundations of public administration in the field of the formation of national identity. Its goal is to unite Ukrainian society, which is now split along regional, racial, religious and social lines.

The issues of establishing Ukrainian state traditions as one of the forms of self-identification of the people in the context of periodization of the history of the state and law and the formation of the Ukrainian ethnos (nation) are covered. The consequences of the establishment of Ukrainian state traditions from the Middle Ages to modern times are traced.

The issues of the nation's phenomenon are covered, in particular, the definitions of this concept prevailing in modern legal science. The opinion is expressed that they are reduced to some of its most common meanings as identical to the concept of the population of the state; as an ethno-social community characterized by the inseparable unity of socio-economic and cultural characteristics; as all citizens of the state, regardless of their (national or social) origin, language and / or religion.

This article explores the determinants of peculiarities of public management of ethno-political relations within a multiethnic society. The article defines the problematic points and key tasks of public ethno-policy aimed at harmonizing interethnic relations, interethnic interaction and national consolidation.

This article explores the ideological and narrative foundations of various forms of architectural historicism, marked by the identities manifestation which emerged in the era of modern nations appearance. The difference between the concepts of the three national communities - Ukrainian, Polish and Russian and how these concepts were conveyed with the help of architectural stylistics is outlined.

The urgency of the problem mentioned in the heading lies in the growing interest in the “national side” of the problem of understanding the experience of becoming a Ukrainian state, in particular, in the ideological dimension: the formation of the Ukrainian (political) nation, the origins and evolution of the ideas of the Ukrainian national statehood, the views of scientists-researchers of the Ukrainian “national problematics”.

The essence of people’s sovereignty as a legal phenomenon is clarified and its author’s definition for the science of constitutional law is proposed.

The prevailing approaches in the domestic and world scientific thought are the
approaches to the essence of the concept of “nation”, its content and volume, the time of
appearance, as well as the relationship with the concepts of “ethnos” and “people”. It is
emphasized that the concept of “nation” most often correlates with the concepts of “ethnos”
and “people”. The idea is that the nation is a people that is exalted by the stockpile of state
forces, endowed with the ability to identify and separate from other nations the state borders,

The prevailing approaches in the domestic and world scientific thought are the
approaches to the essence of the concept of «nation», its content and volume, the time of
appearance, as well as the relationship with the concepts of «ethnos» and «people». It is
emphasized that the concept of «nation» most often correlates with the concepts of «ethnos»
and «people». The idea is that the nation is a people that is exalted by the stockpile of state
forces, endowed with the ability to identify and separate from other nations the state borders,