Two Histories of Ukraine In Krytyka, No. 7–8 (9–10), 1998, pp. 18–20.

The material contains a comparative analysis of two popular historical essays – Yaroslav Hrytsak's An Outline of Ukrainian History. The Formation of the Modern Ukrainian Nation in the 19th-20th Centuries and Andrzej Chojnowski's History of the World's States in the 20th Century, conducted by Ivan Khymka. The author focuses on the issue of representing Ukrainian history in the context of the interaction between the scientific traditions of Ukraine, Poland, and Western Europe. Khymka emphasizes one of the main challenges of contemporary Ukrainian historiography: asymmetry of access to the latest academic sources and insufficient integration into international scientific discourse. In his opinion, this causes isolation and methodological backwardness of Ukrainian humanities. The analysis proves that 1) Hrytsak's book acts as a mediator between Ukrainian and Western academic cultures, in particular through the active use of contemporary English-language sources; 2) Chojnowski's work, on the contrary, reveals a certain bias in its coverage of controversial events of the 20th century, reflecting the author's subjective prejudices. Separately, the weak representation of contemporary Ukrainian historiography in both works is emphasized. The reasons for this phenomenon are economic and communication barriers, which still complicate the full participation of Ukrainian scholars in global academic exchange.