HISTORICAL-LINGUISTIC MYTHS AS A THREAT TO UKRAINIAN IDENTITY

he article outlines the important issue of the necessity for an objective presentation of the history of the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian literary language, and culture in educational literature and the media, which is a prerequisite for Ukrainians’ awareness of the origins of their native language and their national identity. Using examples from the Ukrainian language textbook for the 9th grade by V. Zabolotnyi and O. Zabolotnyi (2017), the monographic study by S. Hubernachuk (2005), and numerous posts on various websites and YouTube video clips in recent years, the article demonstrates the spread of false claims about the history of the Ukrainian language.