Forging Ukrainian national identity through remembrance of World War II |
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Authors: | Lina Klymenko |
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Institution: | 1. Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finlandlina.klymenko@uef.fi |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis paper explores how the collective remembrance of a specific historical event shapes the national identity that underpins a state’s foreign policy objectives. By drawing on multidisciplinary insights, the paper explains how political actors frame past events in order to promote a certain conceptualization of a national community. Taking Ukraine as a case study, the paper demonstrates how Russia’s intervention in Ukraine in 2014–2015 prompted Ukrainian policy-makers to re-define Ukraine’s relations with the EU and Russia by re-evaluating the experience of Ukrainians in WWII. |
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Keywords: | National identity World War II framing Ukraine memory |
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