THE ROLE OF UKRAINIANS ABROAD IN UKRAINIAN PUBLIC AND CULTURAL DIPLOMACY: HISTORICAL AND MODERN ASPECTS

to the intensification of practical cooperation between diplomats and representatives of Ukrainian communities and organizations to inform the society of the host countries about Ukraine. The publication also contains a brief analysis of the history and the contemporary dimension of Ukrainian communities abroad, which are the subjects of public and cultural diplomacy. The author examines the essence of the waves of Ukrainian emigration, proposes her own approach to the traditional understanding of this phenomenon, analyzes the differences between generations of Ukrainians abroad, and proposes a generalization of features of the contemporary Ukrainian diaspora. The analysis of the possibilities of contemporary Ukrainians abroad in the development of Ukrainian public and cultural diplomacy, as well as a documentary basis that determines Ukraine’s willingness to cooperate with Ukrainian expatriates within the relevant state programs is logical in the context of the article.