Academic sociohumanitarian research of the historical, social and cultural dimensions of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Part II.

Abstract

The article substantiates the relevance of generalizing the experience and prognostic-analytical opinion of social scientists of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in particular historians, sociologists, demographers and ethnologists, in relation to the historical phenomenon of the Russian-Ukrainian war and the totalitarian evolution of the russian federation, socially significant, in particular, demographic and migration consequences and risks of these processes for Ukraine and the world, the post-war reconstruction of state science, as well as for the formation of a representative source base and Ukrainian historiography of the latest period. It is important that a number of historical, demographic, ethnographic scientific studies have been analyzed and summarized, most of which were made public during the second year of the full-scale war by representatives of the academic scientific community of Ukraine. Among the authors of the surveys are employees of the Institute of History of Ukraine, the Institute of Sociology, the Institute for Demography and Life Quality Problems, the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology, the Ethnology Institute and other institutions. The topics of the works touch on the evolution of the perception of Ukraine by Russian citizens, the forced migration of the population of Ukraine and threats to the demography of the state, the assessment of the social and psychological state of people in the conditions of war, forecasting the ways of development of the scientific sphere of Ukraine. It was concluded that the mentioned directions require further monitoring of their dynamics, the development of support for Ukrainian scientists by the international research community, the wide volunteer activity of the Academy’s scientists and their informational efforts to draw the attention of citizens of all countries to the events in Ukraine and the need to provide assistance to Ukraine are also worthy of attention.