The Ukrainian Spiritual Republic is in Each of Us

Abstract

Provisions of the Ukrainian legislation on the legal 
status of fighters for the independence of Ukraine in the 
XX Century have been updated. Using the materials of 
the mass media, some episodes of public and political 
activity during 30 years of professor V. Tymenko, 
the veteran of the People's Movement of Ukraine 
for Reconstruction, were reproduced. Journalistic 
publications, electronic resources, archival materials, 
museum exhibits were used. Emphasis is placed on 
the spiritual component, on the concept of “Ukrainian 
Spiritual Republic”, which should be built in the essence 
of every Ukrainian ethnophore.
A description of V. Tymenko's active public activity as 
a teacher at a rural school, and then a People's Deputy 
of the period of the “turbulent 90s” was made. Quotes 
from the speeches of the deputy-mover at the session 
tribune of Boryspil district council are given.
In addition to deputy work in local authorities, 
considerable attention is paid to volunteer work of 
V. Tymenko as a co-organizer of the national-democratic 
movement in Donetsk in the 1990s. In particular, quotes 
from newspaper publications in Donetsk and Kyiv about 
the activities of V. Tymenko, about blocking of the people's 
democratic movement by the local authorities, which he 
organized with his comrades in the Donetsk region.
The professor's party, educational and state awards 
are highlighted in separate paragraphs, as well as 
a reference is made to the Museum of the Ukrainian 
Resistance in the Boryspil Region (1917–1991), where 
its exhibit are also housed.
A copy of the interview of the correspondent of the 
newspaper “Visti” from Boryspil region about the scientific 
and educational priorities of Professor V. Tymenko was 
also taken from Internet resources – individual vision 
of independence; infinity of the Ukrainian liberation 
movement and the reasons for the current state of affairs 
in the country; passionate conception of ethnogenesis 
by L. Gumilev; religious and mystical teachings of 
R. Steiner; psychotypes of the Little Russians according 
to P. Chubynsky.
In addition, students' feedback on their teacher from 
Facebook, who have been following his activities for the 
past thirty years, was taken.