Memory Crash: Politics of History in and Around Ukraine, 1980s-2010s (Hardcover)

INTRODUCTION

PART I: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS

Chapter 1. Notions and Definitions

Historical memory. Historical politics. History and memory. Basic definitions.

Chapter 2. Contexts

On stereotypes. "Western Europe." "Eastern Europe." Post-Soviet space.

PART II: ACTORS

Chapter 3. State Institutions

President. Parliament. Government. National Bank of Ukraine. Ukrposhta. Judicial bodies. Security Service. Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. Local authorities and self-government bodies. Archives and museums.

Chapter 4. Nongovernmental Organizations

Political parties. Civil organizations. Mass media and web-based communities.

Chapter 5. Historians

Communists to nationalists. Roles of historians.

PART III: PRACTICES

Chapter 6. Historical Politics: An Overview

On the nationalization of the past. Sovereignization. Nationalization.

Chapter 7. Spaces of Memory

Lenin, Bandera, and others. "Battle of Kruty": victims and heroes. The Holodomor Territory. Genocides at the edge. Memorial laws.

Chapter 8. Historical Politics: Beyond Borders

Ukraine?Poland: "thorny issues." Ukraine?Russia: "fraternal rivalry."

GENERAL REMARKS