USE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF HISTORICAL SCIENCE IN SUPPORTING ARMED AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE

Objectives: The purpose is to consider military-historical subjects as a tool of influence of the Russian Federation on the historical consciousness during the armed aggression against Ukraine. Material and methods: Methods. To achieve this, a literature review was conducted on the subject; Cases of manipulation of historical facts are presented in order to achieve political goals; a comparative analysis of the impact on the addressees of political texts with metamorphic elements expressed by metaphor and political texts without metamorphic elements. Results: It has been found that by obeying the political regime, historical science has become a tool for the Russian authorities to solve military and political problems in order to: mobilization and consolidation of the population of the Russian Federation in support of the foreign policy of the state; the ideological “justification” of the occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the hidden armed aggression in the east of Ukraine; massive influence on the population of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine using historical discourse. Conclusions: There is need to strengthen the protection of Ukrainian citizens from negative information influences, counteract manipulations of the public consciousness and disseminate untrue information, which should be implemented through the institutes of education, culture, and mass media.