Publication of materials about the Russian­Ukrainian war in the professional scientifical journals on cultural studies in 2023

The purpose of the article is to establish the main directions in the coverage of the Russian-Ukrainian war in the articles in the scientific journals on cultural studies and their heuristic perspectives. The methodology combined bibliometric, classical bibliographic and cultural approaches. The elements of comparativism made it possible to compare the analyzed cultural works with coverage of the topic of full-scale Russian aggression in the publications in the Ukrainian scientific journals on historical sciences. The results. The specific weight of scientific journals which placed such publications and the specific weight of articles on similar topics among 199 specifically cultural articles in 16 journals were determined. The experience of combining them into separate rubrics had been evaluated. 7 main thematic groups had been distinguished according to the keywords of the considered works: 1) Art; 2) Cultural identity; 3) Cultural policy; 4) Preservation and restoration of cultural heritage; 5) Transformations of the cultural landscape; 6) Burial and commemoration; 7) Forced migrants. It had been indicated that these articles only recorded certain socio-cultural phenomena or trends, which, however, refer either to the actualization or to the reconceptualization of more general problems — the multidimensionality of the Ukrainian identity and the cultural and artistic landscape, the peculiarities of the national memorial tradition, and ultimately, the post-colonial status of Ukraine. The scientific novelty. This article is the first historiographical review of culturological articles, that highlighted the topic of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The practical significance. The materials of this ar-ticle can be used in the scientific and public discussions, and for preparation of educational programs as well.