Congratulations to the postgraduate student Yulia Gulkhan and her supervisor, prof. Olena Liseyenko with the successful defense of her thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in specialty 033 "Philosophy" on the topic "Origins and evolutionary transformations of the Ukrainian mentality". The chairman of the council is Prof. Yevgen Borinstein, reviewers: Prof. Oksana Petinova and Assoc. Prof. Zoya Atamanyuk; opponents: Prof. Oleksiy Halapsis (Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs), Prof. Yulia Brodetska (Dnipro National University named after Oles Honchar). The dissertation is devoted to the philosophical study of the origins of the formation and evolutionary transformations of the Ukrainian mentality, which is due to the need to understand the spirituality of the people and the socio-cultural processes that take place in modern Ukrainian society, the functional interrelationships of the social and ethno-cultural levels. The characteristics, provisions, and conclusions presented in the work will contribute to the development of more thoughtful political measures and the implementation of projects to reform the country. Productive discussion and creative dialogue became the quintessence of today's scientific event.