Authors
Galyna Zelenko1; 1 Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, Ukraine Discussion
Political scientists compare the development trajectory of transit societies like the Ukrainian one to a square wheel, when a very, very strong push is needed to make it roll to a new edge. Maidans were such impulses in Ukraine. Now such an impetus was given by the war - incomparable in strength with the Maidans, since it is about the survival of the country, which significantly pushed the process of national building. What used to take decades is now changing in months or even weeks. Just as it should be noted the fact that the state of Ukraine turned out to be much stronger than it seemed. Moreover, the national stability of Ukraine, as the war showed, is primarily based on the ability to self-organize. The stage of civic (political) self-identification by Ukraine has been passed. The full-scale invasion of Russia practically completed the processes of forming a political nation and significantly eliminated those socio-political divisions that have always created an identity crisis in Ukraine - religion, language, ethnicity, foreign policy orientations. The tragic realities contributed to the acceleration of the formation among Ukrainians of certain monadic communities, united around such stable ideologies as a strong nation, state, language, a common enemy, and protection through integration into the EU and NATO. Such results are currently a stable trend. The national idea of ​​resisting the war with Russia and national revitalization also became prominent. 
