To the Problem of Determining Psychological Signs of Russification of Ukrainian Identity

- Вінков, Веніамін Юрійович (orcid.org/0000-0002-1237-0637) (2025) To the Problem of Determining Psychological Signs of Russification of Ukrainian Identity Габітус (80). pp. 245-251. ISSN 2663-5208

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Abstract

The article presents the results of a retrospective analysis of the historical context and circumstances that influenced the russification of a significant number of Ukrainian citizens, and describes the difficulties that were on the way to the transition from Russian to Ukrainian in everyday communication of Ukrainian citizens. Several stages of russification are highlighted, the first of which is associated with the occupation of Ukraine by the Russian Empire, prohibition of using Ukrainian language, which operated in the sphere of religion, education, culture and ignoring the national issues of the enslaved peoples. The second stage is associated with the influence of russification on the humanitarian sphere, which was carried out by the communist authorities of the Soviet Union through the use of totalitarian practices that were supposed to change the social representations and identity of Ukrainians. And the modern stage, characterized by the hybrid intervention of the Russian Federation in the internal humanitarian policy of Ukraine. This is a period, on the one hand, of inertia in Ukrainian humanitarian policy, where problems related to russification were ignored at the state level, and, on the other hand, of active influence from the Russian Federation in creating a positive image of everything Russian, both in Ukraine and abroad. The approach to studying the signs of russification of identity requires focusing not so much on the linguistic issue, but on psychological aspects as consequences of the russification policy in the Soviet Union. From the analysis of scientific research, it is already possible to distinguish such aspects as deformed and imposed identity, self-stigmatization and stigmatization of ethno-national communities, devaluation of the achievements of one’s own people and idealization of the achievements of the Russian people, integrated myth of the greatness of the Russian people into the social representations of Ukrainians and an inferiority complex. Prospects for further research are seen in the empirical study of the psychological characteristics of both the process of russification and de-russification, and the practical significance of the results obtained will lie in the development of means of de-russification of Ukrainian identity.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	social identity, Russian language, stigmatization, russification, de-russification.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 304 Social questions. Social practice. Cultural practice. Way of life (Lebensweise) Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 314/316 Society > 316 Соціологія Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 32 Politics
Divisions:	The Institute of Social and Political Psychology > Department of Mass and Community Psychology
Depositing User:	н.с. Веніамін Юрійович Вінков
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2026 12:54
Last Modified:	02 Jun 2026 12:54
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/748817

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