Identity and Nation-Building in Ukraine: Reconciliation of Identities from

In the context of a multicultural Ukrainian space and the international commitments of the State to protect and promote rights of its national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, adopting an ethnocentric approach to the nation- building of the country is a conflict-prone factor. [...] In the case of Ukraine, major events, such as the Euromaidan, the annexation of Crimea and the armed conflict with Russia, have intensified the “us–them” line of self- identification of the “Ukrainians” versus the “Others”. [...] The most important priority is the formation of the values of the individual towards the Ukrainian people, the Motherland, the state and the nation. [...] Interestingly, the term “Ukrainian youth” is never used in the context of civic identity formation: “[…] measures aimed at the revival of national patriotic education, strengthening of civic consciousness and active life position of the youth” (Ibid.); ”[…] national and patriotic education of children and youth on the examples of the heroic struggle of the Ukrainian people for independence, sovere. [...] Parts of the Law mention the permitted use of the official languages of the European Union and of English next to the Ukrainian language.