Abstract

The statehood’s maturity always correlates with the strength of the nation’s identity. The quality of such correlation becomes crucial and often being improved during the tests. Events late 2013 - early 2014 in Ukraine exposed the conflict between state and society, which resulted in the destruction of the country’s integrity, the war in Donbass, identity’s trauma of border territories and challenges for local communities. It is necessary to realize the social assets and liabilities of Maidan for subsequent modernization of the country. During the years of independence, Ukraine has almost never carried out the policy of forming a unified national identity. The state should reconsider the policy of recreating the Ukrainian’s political nation, including ethnic and regional specifications in order to overcome these trends.