SOVIET UKRAINE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY IN THE ASSESSMENTS OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE TIME: IMAGE OF THE KYIV PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF THE 1950S – FIRST HALF OF THE 1960S

The article deals with the problem of rise in 1950s – first half 1960s, context formation idea Soviet Ukraine philosophy Western world, image Kyiv philosophical school as a prominent participant international scientific process Cold War era. This emerged during Khrushchev’s “thaw” or stage metamorphosis USSR from Stalinism to neo-Stalinist stagnation, namely between XX (1956) and XXIV (1971) Congresses CPSU. It was leading ideological organizational center life Ukrainian SSR geopolitical struggle Eastern military-political blocs under leadership USA. main representative its dialogue world thought established mid-1960s. school, mainly historical achievements 1970s, became central object study by philosophers institutions USA, Germany other countries bloc second century. can be divided into three conditional stages: 1. preparatory one transition “thaw”(late 1940s early 1960s); 2. interaction conditions confrontation “stagnation” (early 1960s 1970s); 3. intensification Gorbachev’s “perestroika” 1970s 1980s). During beginning these stages, diaspora P. Fedenko D. Solovey began critical analysis Shevchenko work director Institute Philosophy Academy Sciences Ostryanin. They carried it out active participation studies together their colleagues W. Barka, S. Galamay, B. Kravciv, M. Kushnir and, also, already well-known scientists A. Kultschytzkyj, I. Mirtschuk Janiw. No less important evidence nature perception professors universities Europe United States are memories foreign meetings them founders all mentioned institute Kopnin his deputy Honcharenko.