Sociocultural specificity of establishing the educational system in Ukraine

This article presents sociocultural aspects of development of the educational system in Ukraine. The article analyses the particular qualities of the Ukrainian mentality that underlie the educational tradition. It is noted that particular striving for moral perfection on the basis of a unity between the mind and the faith is one of the determinants of the ideological features. It used to characterize the Old Russian and later the Ukrainian mentality and had a strong influence on the formation of educational process.