«ТРЕБА ЛЮДЕЙ БУДИТИ НЕ ЗІ СНУ, А ЗІ СТРАХУ»: ПСИХОЛОГІЧНІ НАСЛІДКИ РАДЯНСЬКОГО ТЕРОРУ У ЗВІТАХ ПОХІДНИХ ГРУП ОУН(Б) І РЕЙДОВИХ ГРУП УПА

At the center of the study is a little-known aspect of the march groups of the Organization of Ukrainian Revolutionary Nationalists activity in the summer of 1941, who were among the first to observe, in particular, the moral and psychological state of Ukrainians after being more than ten years in an atmosphere of total terror, and genocide They observed and attempted to analyze the consequences of what they had experienced in the behavior and way of thinking of Central and Eastern Ukraine inhabitants. A number of observations were preserved in the reports of the Marching Groups the OUN(b), and later of the raiding units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in 1944–1945, which refl ected the characteristic symptoms of a collective traumatic disorder that was a consequence of the genocide. The article analyzes the descriptions, sketches and notes in the reports of the Marching Groups of the OUN(b) and raiding units of the UPA, devoted to the psychological state and mood of the population from the point of view of the complex posttrauma theory according to Judith Herman’s study, The second task is an analyze trauma symptoms, which were be observed by the members of the OUN(b)) and UPA fighters. The corpus of preserved reports of march groups and raiding units of the UPA allows us to assert that the reporters clearly observed manifestations of survival values, symptoms of «dying» or, on the contrary, feverish activity aimed at avoiding a possible threat. Particular attention is paid to the method of transmission of these observations, the analysis of which is necessary in the identification of the observed symptoms. Particularly valuable in the preserved sources are attempts to analyze the genesis of recorded symptoms and observe correlations between the age and experience of different social groups and the intensity of symptom manifestations, which indicate the presence of a traumatic syndrome. Despite the somewhat utilitarian nature of the observations, which were prompted by the need to analyze the potential capacity for resistance in the ranks of the underground, they are marked by depth and variety.

marching groups, OUN(b), raids, UPA, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, Central Ukraine.