historical and cultural heritage

The article is devoted to theoretical substantiation of sociohumanitarian transformations, their threats and opportunities in modern globalizational conditions of Ukrainian society’s development. Attention is paid to the role and significance of national historical and cultural heritage to form consolidational potential of objective historical memory and its use in cultural and educational sphere and international activity.

The problem of actualization of socio-cultural assets is viewed in the context of search of effective instrument for ensuring peace, prevention of conflicts, conciliation and understanding in Ukrainian society. Fundamental is mutual understanding of human values, following human rights, promoting respect for cultural diversity. Culture in the contemporary world is the vector which provides a human with new knowledge, sense and purpose for existence, the feeling of world in which we live, contributing to acquirement of social capital, exercising the projection of future.

Historical and cultural heritage of Ukraine is very diverse. But many monuments today are in ruins and not used. Sometimes it is not possible to return to the monument its original function, which creates the need to find new applications. Therefore, the most effective method of attracting the cultural space of Ukraine is museumfication.