Anti-Russian historical myths as a matrix of ideological construction in Ukraine: narratives of national history
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-676X-2022-4-7-18
Abstract
Aim. To reconstruct the key historical myths of modern Ukraine and conduct their critical analysis from the standpoint of Russian historiography.
Methodology. The study used the methodology of historical myths criticism, developed and tested within the framework of the development of the scientific school of the Moscow Region State University.
Results. An integral outline of the representation of the national history of Ukraine through the prism of historical mythology has been restored. The accentuated anti-Russian orientation of the historical myths formed in Ukraine and their predominant connection with the ideology of Ukrainian Nazism is shown.
Research implications. The materials of the presented study can be used in educational and teaching activities in order to counter anti-Russian historical propaganda. They can also be implemented into practice while solving the problems of denazification of Ukraine.
Keywords
historical propaganda,
historical myths,
mythologemes,
Ukraine,
Ukrainians,
Nazism,
Russia,
Russians,
memory wars
About the Author
V. E. Baghdasaryan
Moscow Region State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vardan E. Baghdasaryan – Dr. Sci. (History), Prof., Dean of History, Political Science and Law, Department Head, Department of the History of Russia of the Middle Ages and the New
ul. Very Voloshinoi 24, Mytishchi 141014, Moscow Region
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