The great decommunisation. Ukraine’s wartime historical policy. OSW Point of View 66 (65?) September 2017

Olszański, Tadeusz A. (2017) The great decommunisation. Ukraine’s wartime historical policy. OSW Point of View 66 (65?) September 2017. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

The war with Russia which began in 2014 has triggered serious changes in the way history is thought about by the Ukrainian public, especially in opinion-forming circles. The liberal reflection critical about the nationalist tradition initiated somewhat earlier has been rejected since wartime requires heroic narratives above all. Ukraine also had to counteract the propaganda offensive from Russia which wanted to equate the Ukrainian patriotic movement with radical nationalism seen at the time of World War II, which it branded as ‘fascist’.

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