Ofitsynskyy R. The Process of State Creation in Ukraine in 1991-2004 (on the material of western periodicals).

The dissertation provides the investigation of Ukraine's political development during the period of independence. The comprehensive theoretical and factual analysis of political changes in Ukraine in 1991-2004 has been provided, both in compliance with the demands of western civilization and with the interpretation of the West. The notion of "European paradigm" has been elaborated to investigate the historical processes in independent Ukraine. This dynamic process of state-creation was held in two steps: the 1st - the adoption of the Constitution on 28 June, 1996, and the 2nd - the Orange Revolution in November-December 2004. Thus, it has been noted, that political changes (the process of state-creation) in independent Ukraine are not only the organic part of post socialistic modernization of society, but are also corrected by means of informational-analytical, diplomatic and foreign economic instruments of developed western countries.