Kyiv. Наукова думка. 1983. 280 p. Defining the tasks of social scientists in modern conditions, K. U. Chernenko in his report at the June (1983) Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU emphasized:: "The main direction of development of social sciences should be the problem of mature socialism. We are talking about starting from the truths we have already learned, moving forward, expanding our theoretical horizon, and deepening our understanding of the most important laws of the country's economic, socio-political, and spiritual progress. " 1 In this regard, a large 1st Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU, June 14-15, 1983. Stenogr. otch. M. 1983, p. 11. page 126 A peer-reviewed monograph prepared by the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR2 is of interest . The book gives a vivid picture of the life of Soviet Ukraine in the conditions of developed socialism, but the significance of this research goes beyond regional topics. The most important, pivotal problems - the development of the CPSU concept of developed socialism, the strengthening of the leading role of the party in Soviet society, the improvement of the Soviet way of life, the growth of material and spiritual well - being, the development of national relations in modern conditions, etc. - are considered on the basis of rich all-Union material with the use of many facts from the life of other union republics. This allowed the authors not only to clearly show the features of developed socialism, its fundamental features and criteria, but also to comprehensively characterize the economy, socio-political life, and spiritual development of the Ukrainian SSR in cooperation with the fraternal republics of the Soviet Union at the present stage, and to analyze the general patterns and features of their manifestation in Ukraine. Chronologically, the book covers the period from the mid-1960s-early 1970s to 1980, but the author's team managed to take into account the most imp ... Читать далее