Prokopov V. Everyday life of members of the OUN and UPA soldiers in Zakerzonnia (1943–1947)

Object of thesis: members of the OUN underground and UIA soldiers in Zakerzonnia. The purpose of the study: to identify the impact of military everyday life on the practices and internal representations of OUN and UIA combatants, their correlation in condition of the struggle in the Zakerzonnia region (1943-1947). The methods used are the following: analysis, synthesis, modeling, historical-typological, historical-genetic, problem-chronological, content-analysis. Scientific novelty: the influence of the stressful everyday life of war on behavioral practices of the OUN and UPA community has been studied; the internal perceptions of Ukrainian combatants about holidays, religion, superstitions and death, which allowed to understand the mental world of these people, has been analyzed ; content analysis methods were used to study the attitudes of nationalists towards Poles and Jews, which made it possible to quantitatively study the beliefs reflected in the memoirs; the methodology of studying the military everyday life of irregular military formations has been clarified and supplemented by creating one's own working model and research hypothesis; analyzed human life in the war, taking into account the diverse context of the era, society and community. The practical value of the study: the possibility of using its results in the preparation of studies of everyday life of members of the OUN and UPA in the Zakerzonnia region, development of lecture courses for students of higher educational institutions, educational and methodical manuals of military-historical anthropology, history of Ukraine of the XX century. Field of using: educational process.