Coverage of the Second World War in School Textbooks on the History of Ukraine
Journal: transcript Verlag eBooks
Year: 2024

After Ukraine gained independence in 1991, national and post-Soviet historical narratives coexisted in the country's political, scientific, and educational spheres.However, the events of Euromaidan and the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014 -particularly after the legislative changes of 2015, known as the 'decommunisation laws' -shifted the situation in favour of a national approach.These events significantly impacted the politics of memory and historical politics in Ukraine.Textbooks