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UDC 911.3 https://doi.org/10.17721/2308-135X.2021.66.54-62

Lyubitseva Olha Olexandrivna

Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine,

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Smyrnov Igor Georgiyovych,

Doctor of Geography Sciences, Professor Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine,

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FROM THE GEOPOLITICAL CONCEPT OF INTERMARIUM TO THE EUROLOGISTIC PROJECT OF THE EU "THREE SEAS INITIATIVE": THE UKRAINIAN DIMENSION

The aim of the article is to reveal the essence of the geopolitical concept of Intermarium, which existed between the First and Second World Wars in Central and Eastern Europe and was based on the political union of the Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) and the Polish Republic in Eastern Europe, directed against the hegemony of Russia and Germany. The transport-geographical aspect of Intermarium concept, first discovered by Ukrainian researcher Olena Stepaniv, is also noted. The difference between the current EU Eurologistic Project "Three Seas Initiative", which aims to develop the infrastructure of Central and Eastern Europe - EU members and whose engines are Poland and Croatia, and geographically covers the area between the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Seas. Ukraine's participation in this EU project has been revealed, although Ukraine is only an associate member of the EU, but participates in key facilities such as the Via Carpatia motorway, the Viking railway, etc.

Research methodology. It consisted in the analysis and synthesis of literary, cartographic and statistical sources on Intermarium (mostly Polish authors), researches by Elena Stepaniv (book "Modern Lviv"), as well as EU sources on the implementation of the EU Eurologistical Project "Three Seas Initiative". A comparative method was used for common and different features, as well as the relationship between the geopolitical concept of Intermarium and the EU Eurologistical Project "Three Seas Initiative".

Results of the research. The common and distinctive features and interrelations of the geopolitical concept of Intermarium and the EU Eurologistical project "Three Seas Initiative" are revealed. The influence of geopolitics on the implementation of Eurologistics projects on the example of the EU project "Three Seas Initiative" is recorded.

Practical significance. It is to reveal the significance for Ukraine of the geopolitical concept of Intermarium and its transport-geographical aspect, revealed in the works of O. Stepaniv, as well as areas of intensification of Ukraine's participation in the activities and projects of the "Three Seas Initiative". It also outlines the opportunities for tourism development in Ukraine in connection with the implementation of the "Three Seas Initiative" projects, including the Via Carpatia highway, Viking railway, etc.

Key words: geopolitics, eurologistics, Intermarium, "Three Seas Initiative", Via Carpatia, Viking, O. Stepaniv.

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Received Editorial Board 23.11.2021