THE FORMATION OF IVAN HEL’S WORLDVIEW: HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS

Abstract

The article examines the figure of the prominent Ukrainian political figure Ivan Hel, whose activities covered important stages of national history marked by opposition to the Soviet regime. He became a vivid example of the struggle for a national statehood, and his activities influenced the formation of national consciousness and state-building aspirations. The main factors that influenced the formation of Ivan Hel’s consciousness have been analyzed in detail. The research methodology is based on the application of general scientific and special historical methods. The article adheres to the principles of historicism, objectivity and a value-based approach to the phenomena under study. The reliability of the source base has been ensured by the use of the heuristic method. The use of historical-genetic, historical-typological and historical-systemic methods made it possible to trace and accurately reflect the process of worldview formation as a process of struggle against the Soviet regime for Independent Ukraine. The study focuses on the key factors that transformed him from a young man from a Galician family to an indomitable political prisoner and ideologist of national revival. For the first time, information was introduced into scholarly circulation based on little-known archival, prosopographic, and personal materials, which attest to Ivan Hel’s multifaceted contribution to the struggle against the Soviet regime. An analysis of modern historiography has shown that this figure has been studied rather indirectly in the context of the movement for a free Ukraine. An analysis of the formation of consciousness of the famous Lviv political prisoner Ivan Hel demonstrates the significant contribution of the national conscious community to the formation of independent Ukraine. Taking into account the family environment, religious preferences, university environment, student centres and participation in cultural and educational societies that influenced the formation of Ivan Hel’s personality, it can be asserted that a coherent national ideology was present in his worldview. The preservation of national identity and memory of outstanding state-builders on the example of Ivan Hel demonstrates the relevance of studying such biographies for understanding contemporary state-building processes