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- Title
DECOMMUNIZATION OF URBAN TOPONYMY IN UKRAINE: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES.
- Authors
Kuczabski, Aleksander; Boychuk, Alina
- Abstract
The decommunization in Ukraine took place differently than in other post-communist countries. For many years after the collapse of the USSR, Ukrainian society tolerated the post-communist remnants. The conflict with Russia has fundamentally changed the narrative in relation to historical memory. Through the active toponymic policy of the central government in 2014-2016, it was possible to get rid of almost all communist symbols and names in public space. Nevertheless, a retreat in the matter of commemoration cannot be ruled out, as left-wing, and sometimes even pro-communist, views remain popular among a large part of the Ukrainian society.
- Subjects
UKRAINE; SOVIET Union; TOPONYMY; COLLECTIVE memory; GOVERNMENT policy; FEDERAL government; PUBLIC spaces; POSTCOMMUNIST societies
- Publication
Journal of Geography, Politics & Society, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 4, p8
- ISSN
2084-0497
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26881/jpgs.2020.4.02