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Serhiy Kvit's article "One Hundred Years of the Ukrainian Liberation Struggle" discusses the historical processes and traditions that have shaped Ukraine's political culture. The Ukrainian Liberation Struggle of 1917-1920 was a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, with various groups and regions creating their own states, such as the Ukrainian People's Republic, the Western Ukrainian People's Republic, and the Ukrainian State. The article highlights the importance of understanding the unwritten traditions, stereotypes, and myths that have accompanied and filled historical memory, and how these have been legalized by historiography. The concept of a "Liberation Struggle" has a romantic implication, paying attention to the process rather than the result, and people who fought but did not reach the desirable result become historical role-models. The article also explores the idea that the strength of contemporary civil society is rooted in Ukrainian traditions of borderlands military culture between East and West, and that the national liberation struggle in Ukraine has always been correlated with social emancipation.