PEASANT PROBLEMS IN THE WORKS OF THE OUN IDEOLOGIST AND THEORETIST PETER FEDUN-"POLTAVA"

Summary. The purpose of the article is to analyze the peasant issues in the ideological-theoretical and epistolary heritage of Peter Fedun-"Poltava". Research methodology – the principles of science, objectivity, historicism, methods of external and internal criticism of sources. The scientific novelty – P. Fedun’s vision concerning the solution of the peasant question in the future Ukrainian state is studied for the first time. Conclusions. Having analyzed the works of Petro Fedun-"Poltava", we claim that all of them are marked by the depth and breadth of the issues raised, some have not even lost their relevance to this day. The style of writing, the clear presentation of opinions, the processing of various literature (including foreign language) indicate to the author’s high intellectual level. Developments required an immediate response to them, therefore much attention was paid to refining the program principles and their popularization as well as refuting the myths created by the Soviet propaganda machine. In his works P. Fedun-"Poltava" wrote about the development of the future Ukrainian state, refinement of the program principles of the OUN, the problem of various social strata, justified its position on the confrontation among the Ukrainian political emigration and more. When considering the problems of different social strata, the question of the peasantry was among the central ones in the works of Peter Fedun. The researcher substantiated the OUN’s position on the peasantry, in particular: forms of land ownership and tools, collectivization (methods and forms of involvement in collective farms, the consequences for the peasantry and resistance to this policy), elections etc. "Poltava" considered the peasantry to be the foundation of the whole nation, emphasizing its contribution to the assimilation and denationalization policy of the occupiers, sacrifice, loyalty to national traditions, the presence of healthy morals and spirit.According to P. Fedun, the economic basis of this society was to be public, national-state or social-cooperative ownership of tools and means of production in all major sectors of the economy, as well as planning and social control of all economic life. P. Fedun saw the solution of the land issue in the formation of national-state ownership of land in the future Ukrainian state, in parallel with individual or collective use of land. At the same time, in the future state, a parliamentary form of government should be established in the future state.