title: The Factor of Democracy and Prosperity and the Formation of the Nation State in the Example of Ukraine: Pre-War Picture
abstract: Ukraine is currently facing an armed onslaught, the likes of which no European country has struggled with since the Second World War, and it will probably take years to repair the country physically and the population mentally. However, to ensure that the future recovery process does not begin with a return to the past, a thorough analysis of the state of affairs before the intensiﬁcation of the Russian onslaught in 2022, which began in 2014, is needed. The primary purpose of writing the article
journal: Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs