On the Use of Monumental Propaganda by Russia as an Element of the Occupation Policy in the Temporarily Occupied Territory of Crimea in 2014—2018
Journal: Ukrainian Studies
Year: 2018

The article examines the practice of constructing monuments in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol temporarily occupied by Russia; the investigated period is 2014–2018. It is shown that Russian and illegitimate Crimean authorities use the installation and dismantling of monuments as an element of occupation policy in order to deteriorate the sociocultural distance between the Crimean population and residents of other parts of Ukraine; the destruction of Ukrainian ci