Збройні сили як елемент державності України в діяльності політичних партій початку 1990-х рр.: концептуальні аспекти дослідження проблеми

The article explores a theoretical basis for the study of the place of the armed forces in the state-building processes and the activities of Ukrainian political parties and movements in the early 1990s. It discusses an influence of the socio-political situation on the process of establishment and development of the Ukrainian Army. It focuses on key problems faced by the young state building its military power at the beginning of its independence. The article concludes that the study of the vision of Ukrainian political parties and movements concerning the establishment of national armed forces needs to take into account socio-political circumstances of the period, attitudes of Ukrainian population to the armed forces, as well as to clarify perspectives of the servicemen on disintegration processes in the USSR.