Poland and Ukraine in East-Central Europe: View from Ukraine

of human consciousness in search for geopolitical and cultural diversity of neighbouring nations of the continent. The history of this term, as well as its historical and political circumstances, is widely known1. It has at its foundation the intention to distinct some states and nations of Europe, which for centuries had been under the political, cultural influence of East and West, North and South, which led to forming a specific national consciousness, social and economic structures in this area. The process of modernization (the 19th and 20th cen-