From private memory to the collective image of the Ukrainian Holodomor

• Authors: Wiktoria Kudela-Świątek

Title variants

From private memory to the collective image of the Ukrainian Holodomor

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

The article discusses a wide range of aspects concerning the Holomodor – the Great Famine in the Soviet Union in the years 1932–1933. The author focuses on examining the processes of creating a collective image of the Great Famine and the role of individual memory of its survivors in building this image. Analyzing the memories of the survivors the author deals with distortions and myths which has grown up around the Holomodor. The significance of this disaster for the Ukrainian identity is also the subject of the analysis.

Keywords

EN

private memory; community memory; oral history; Great Famine; Ukraine; Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; Soviet Union

PL

pamięć osobista; pamięć wspólnoty; oral history; wielki głód; Ukraina; Ukraińska Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka; Związek Radziecki; pamięć osobista; pamięć wspólnoty; oral history; wielki głód; Ukraina; Ukraińska Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka; Związek Radziecki

• Publisher: Ośrodek „Pamięć i Przyszłość”
• Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 6
• Pages: 33-62

Dates

published

2016-10-30

Contributors

author

Wiktoria Kudela-Świątek

• Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Polska

Identifiers

DOI

10.26774/wrhm.148