Hedo, Anna and Balabanov, Kostyantyn and Pakhomenko, Sergii and Arabadzhy, Svitlana (2025) Unification Versus Localisation: National Minorities of Southern Ukraine in Russian, Ukrainian, and Regional Historical Narratives Колективна (три і більше авторів). Springer, Cham, Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany.
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This article analyses the positioning of national minorities within three historical visions of Southern (Steppe) Ukraine—Russian, Ukrainian, and local. The authors explore how these narratives are implemented through the instruments of historical policy and the role national minorities play within them, particularly in the context of the ongoing information war, decolonization and decommunization policies, and the Russian occupation of part of the region. Special attention is given to the concept of “Novorossiya” as an element of Russian imperial and neo-imperial discourse, aimed at erasing the ethnocultural diversity of the region and integrating it into the broader all-Russian historical paradigm. In this context, the process of appropriating elements of minority historical memory in the occupied territories is also examined. The authors interpret these processes through the lens of a constructivist approach to identity and collective memory formation. At the same time, the Ukrainian state narrative, especially after 2014, tends towards an Ukrainocentric reinterpretation of the South’s history as part of a broader strategy of national self-determination. In the context of conflicting historical policies, the region’s national minorities increasingly turn to local narratives that have emerged through long-term coexistence with the Ukrainian majority.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Колективна (три і більше авторів)) |
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| Additional Information: | Russian Influence Operations and the War in Ukraine. Contributions to Security and Defence Studies |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Southern Ukraine; National minorities; Historical narratives; Historical politics; Unification; Local narratives; Collective memory; Identity; Novorossiya; Russian propaganda; Constructivism |
| Subjects: | Монографії > Видані в іноземному видавництві мовами ОЕСР/ЄС |
| Divisions: | Факультет суспільно-гуманітарних наук > Кафедра історії України |
| Depositing User: | Руслан Ростиславович Куцик |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Dec 2025 11:23 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Dec 2025 11:24 |
| URI: | https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/55111 |
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