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The Ukrainian Government's Memory Institute Against the West
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Abstract
Historical remembrance and national reconciliation are touchy issues - especially when they concern large wars, mass murder, and suffering of millions in the recent rather than far-away past. Ukraine’s memory of the nation's Soviet history is primarily concerned with the enormous number of victims o... view more
Historical remembrance and national reconciliation are touchy issues - especially when they concern large wars, mass murder, and suffering of millions in the recent rather than far-away past. Ukraine’s memory of the nation's Soviet history is primarily concerned with the enormous number of victims of Bolshevik and Nazi rule over, and wars in, Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians - along with millions of other victims - living in the "bloodlines" (Timothy Snyder) were killed and terrorized by Europe's two most murderous totalitarian regimes. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians collaborated to one degree or another with both of the killing machines - a considerable challenge for Ukrainian memory policies.... view less
Classification
General History
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
7 p.
Journal
IndraStra Global, 3 (2017) 3
ISSN
2381-3652
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works