SUMMARY:

The article deals with the historical and political writings of one of the leaders of the Ukrainian йmigrй conservative movement, Stepan Tomashivs’kyi (1875-1930). It traces his impact upon the formation of the various historical narratives, myths and symbolic geography at the beginning of the twentieth century. In particular, the article aims at reconsidering the role of geographical factors in Tomashivs’kyi’s historical concept, outlining the originality of his triune model of Ukrainian geopolitics (“Ukrainian triangle”). The author attempts to place Tomashivs’kyi’s writings within the framework of various theories of nationalism and models of constructing symbolic geography in Ukrainian historiography. The article consists of three parts. The first deals with Tomashivs’kyi’s historical and political concepts; the second is devoted to Tomashivs’kyi’s intellectual surrounding and various models of Ukrainian historical narrative at the turn of the nineteenth century; the third part analyzes contemporary forms of Ukrainian historical mythology’s relevance to early twentieth century intellectual discourse.