“Mezhovist” (the boundary principle) is conceptualized in the paper as a leading sign of Ukrainian culture from antiquity to the present. Mezhovist is defined as creation of a set of elements of various qualities at the intersection of varied external influences on the border between one of the «centers» of the modern world and its periphery. “Merezhovist” (the network principle) of Ukrainian culture in the 21st century is recognized as a favorable factor in the social and cultural progress to “merezhovist”, perspective for most developed countries the “network society”, formed by the horizontal architecture of the Internet.
