Tradycje ukraińskiej myśli politycznej

The Ukrainian’s have been dealing with an acute crisis of self – identification since when they regained their state independence. The Ukrainians are still at the crossroads at their choice between Western and Eastern Europe and tray to find they own national identity and ideology. The hypothesis of the article is a statement that process of shaping a new political order in Ukraine is influenced by tradition which is a very important part of social life where they can find the answer to the presents questions. The work emphasises, that tradition and the values and norms connected to it, strongly matters in creating contemporary political life of Ukraine. The main goal of article was to recognize the traditions of the ukrainians political thinking. The author present the most known political ideas, values and authors which become a important part of Ukrainians history.