(Re)formatting identity in the empire: the foreign policy aspect of the Ukrainian national discourse (the turn of the XIX-XX centuries)

The paper considers the process of formation of national identity in the Ukrainian lands as an integral part of the national discourse of polyethnic empires. The author presents the main factors that led to the emergence and transformation of the "Ukrainian question" in Russia and Austria-Hungary, among which special importance is given to the foreign policy aspect. The study demonstrates the change in the geopolitical significance of the national discourse in the Ukrainian lands in the direction of its increase and the importance of external factors in the internal process of reformatting the identity of the Ukrainian elite.