Managing Memory in Post-Soviet Ukraine : From "Scientific Marxism-Leninism" to the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, 1991-2019

• The post-Soviet Ukrainian polity has invested considerableresources into forming and managing what it refers to as “nationalmemory” (natsional’na pam’iat’). The Soviet forms and roots of thismemory production are easily discernible, though the ideologicalcontent has changed. Two presidents stood out as particularly activein the field of memory management: Viktor Yushchenko (2005–2010)and Petro Poroshenko (2014–2019). The results of these policies aremixed. Ukrainians have largely internalized the official, legislatedhistory of themselves as genocide victims. Approval of the OUN, UPA,and Stepan Bandera has increased. At the same time significantpolarization remains within Ukraine when it comes to attitudestowards the country’s past. Meanwhile, the instrumentalization ofthe past has complicated Ukraine’s relations with its partners in theWest.

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HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi -- Historia (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology -- History (hsv//eng)

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