СПІВПРАЦЯ МИРОНА КОРДУБИ З ПОЛЬСЬКИМИ ЧАСОПИСАМИ МІЖВОЄННОГО ЧАСУ: СУСПІЛЬНО-ПОЛІТИЧНИЙ ДИСКУРС

The purpose of the study is to attempt a holistic understanding of the socio-political issues brought to light by M. Korduba in the columns of Polish magazines during the interwar period. The research methodology is based on the traditional for historiography combination of principles and general scientific (comparison, generalization, analysis and synthesis), special and historical (historical and genetic, historical and comparative, historical and typological, historical and psychological) methods of research. The scientific novelty of the article is based on a wide range of sources to elucidate the features of M. Korduba’s cooperation with the Polish press in the Second Polish Republic. Conclusions. In conclusion, it should be noted that M. Korduba's cooperation with Polish magazines in the interwar twenties was due to the need to convey to the new owners of the Galician lands the Ukrainian vision of many problems of interethnic coexistence, which, as a result of ill-considered state policy, took on threatening forms. With a considerable tact and proper historical reasoning, the scholar deconstructed the myths prevalent in the Polish journalism of the people's democratic camp about the Ukrainians as an ethnic community that never became a nation, and therefore must come to terms with its stateless status. Rejecting such a vision, M. Korduba emotionally insisted on the unconditional right of representatives of the largest national minority of the Second Polish Republic to have state-funded native-language schooling at all levels, public institutions free from police surveillance, and the press free from censorship. The historian also pointed out the danger of Polish officials fostering a “war psychosis” among their community, which forced them to see a fellow citizen of a different nationality as an enemy. The scholar emphasized that overcoming these relics of the Polish-Ukrainian war should create the basis for establishing an inter-neighbourly dialogue, and thus the emergence of a civil society united by common values. Insightfully M. Korduba predicted that only under such conditions the Polish statehood would have a chance to exist between the German and Soviet totalitarian regimes. As we know, the calls of the scholar and his like-minded people were not heard, and it caused tragic consequences for our peoples during the years of world confrontation. Key words: M. Korduba, socio-political journalism, Polish-Ukrainian relations, interethnic understanding, polemic.