Есе про чинники тривалого українського націєтворення
The article attempts to clarify the factors that slow down the formation of the Ukrainian political identity in the Russian Empire. Identify the ways of finding the loyalty of the local elite, in particular the assumption of power and education, used as anti-Polish sentiment and how to mobilize its intellectual opportunities for the development of the state. Built several models of behavior of the Ukrainian movement leaders who have demonstrated a combination of national interests and abilities to save the Empire and the formation of Ukrainian space.