Deconstructing the ‘Russian World’ Ideology: Ukrainian Public Figures’ Discourse in Times of War

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dc.contributor.authorPidkuimukha, Liudmylaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-08T12:41:53Z
dc.date.available2026-01-08T12:41:53Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractBackground. The "Russian world" (russkij mir) concept has become a central ideological instrument in Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. Promoted as a civilisational model grounded in shared language, culture, and values, it has been widely studied from geopolitical and historical perspectives. However, its discursive deconstruction by Ukrainian public figures remains underexplored. Contribution to the research field. The present study raises the possibility that Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) can uncover how wartime political communication functions as ideological resistance. These findings help us to understand how public actors reframe a hostile ideological construct through language, and how such discourse contributes to shaping national and international narratives of war, identity, and sovereignty. Purpose. The article aims to identify and analyse strategies and lexical tools used by Ukrainian political and religious leaders to counter the "Russian world" ideology in public communication during the full-scale invasion. Methods. The study applies van Dijk’s socio-cognitive model of Critical Discourse Analysis to a corpus of statements, social media posts, interviews, and speeches produced by key Ukrainian figures between March 2022 and April 2023. Semantic strategies such as categorisation, polarisation, and lexicalisation are used as the primary analytical tools. cide. Linguistic choices, such as epithets, sensory framing, irony, and orthographic resistance (e.g., writing русский мір, русскій мір instead of російський світ), are used to delegitimise the enemy. The dual meaning of mir (peace/ world) is leveraged to highlight the ideological contradictions inherent in Russian narratives. Discussion. The findings demonstrate how language becomes a tool of symbolic resistance in wartime. Ukrainian discourse not only exposes the violent core of russkij mir but also contributes to shaping a shared moral and civilisational identity. This analysis opens new perspectives for interdisciplinary research into information warfare, political discourse, and national identity formation. Results. The analysis reveals how the "Russian world" doctrine is consistently portrayed as an ideology of violence, occupation, destruction, and genocide. Linguistic choices, such as epithets, sensory framing, irony, and orthographic resistance (e.g., writing русский мір, русскій мір instead of російський світ), are used to delegitimise the enemy. The dual meaning of mir (peace/ world) is leveraged to highlight the ideological contradictions inherent in Russian narratives. Discussion. The findings demonstrate how language becomes a tool of symbolic resistance in wartime. Ukrainian discourse not only exposes the violent core of russkij mir but also contributes to shaping a shared moral and civilisational identity. This analysis opens new perspectives for interdisciplinary research into information warfare, political discourse, and national identity formation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPidkuimukha L. Deconstructing the ‘Russian World’ Ideology: Ukrainian Public Figures’ Discourse in Times of War / Liudmyla Pidkuimukha // Мова: класичне - модерне - постмодерне. - 2025. - Вип. 11 (спеціальний випуск). - С. 186-207. - https://doi.org/10.18523/lcmp2522-9281.2025.11.186-207en_US
dc.identifier.issn2522-9281
dc.identifier.issn2616-7115
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18523/lcmp2522-9281.2025.11.186-207
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/38060
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.sourceМова: класичне - модерне - постмодернеuk_UA
dc.statusfirst publisheden_US
dc.subjectRussian worlden_US
dc.subjectcritical discourse analysisen_US
dc.subjectUkraineen_US
dc.subjectwartime communicationen_US
dc.subjectideologyen_US
dc.subjectpolitical narrativeen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleDeconstructing the ‘Russian World’ Ideology: Ukrainian Public Figures’ Discourse in Times of Waren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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