Decommunisation of the Public Space in Post–Euromaidan Ukraine

• Authors: Antonina Kozyrska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The problem of thorough and ultimate decommunisation in Ukraine got suddenly valid during Euromaidan on the turn of 2013/2014 and after its termination. It became a component of post–revolutionary reforms in the field of policy of memory. A year after Euromaidan Ukraine’s parliament adopted four “decommunisation laws” on 9 April 2015. One of them concerns the condemnation of the Communist regime and prohibition the propaganda of his symbols. The author analysed contents of the law and focused on the results of decommunisation, which included the cleansing the public space from Soviet–era legacy. Full implementation of the law was planned for the year. During this time the goal was almost fully implemented regarding the renaming of many locations and districts. The communist names of thousands streets, squares, urban districts were changed, although this process was delayed. The process of renaming of many institutions, industrial plants and press titles was very slow.

Keywords

EN

Ukraine; Euromaidan; politics of memory; decommunisation

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 45
• Pages: 130-144

Contributors

author

Antonina Kozyrska

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy2016010