History Politics in the Russian – Ukrainian Relations, the 2000s–2022: Shared Past as a Casus Belli
Journal: Nationalities Papers
Year: 2025

Abstract The article summarizes the history of the Russian–Ukrainian encounters in memory politics from the 1990s to the start of the 2020s. It compares and contrasts Russia’a and Ukraine’s perceptions of the issues, goals, tasks, and methods of historical policy. Having a shared history and similar challenges in developing identities and tackling the politics of commemoration, the cultural elites and governments of both countries approached the task of identity-building from opposite perspectiv