THE SPEECHES OF BOHDAN LEPKYI AS A FACTOR OF PRESERVATION OF THE UKRAINIANS` NATIONAL IDENTITY

Abstract

The goal of the research is to investigate the speeches of Bohdan Lepkyi as one of the factors that contributed to the preservation of the national identity of Ukrainians in the twentieth century. Outline the themes of the speeches made before the Ukrainian community, emphasizing their role in spreading national spiritual values, in affirming the cultural self-presentation of Ukrainians outside Ukrainian ethnic lands. The research methodology of the research is based on the integrated application of general scientific methods, such as analysis, synthesis, and historical ones: historicalgenetic, historical-comparative, historical-typological and historical-systematic. The scientific novelty is the involvement of the documents found in B. Lepkyi's personal archive and published in periodicals by Ukrainians. Conclusions. The public figure's speeches indicate the speaker's understanding of the importance of promoting Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian history as components of preserving the national identity of contemporaries.