The Influence of Colonial Policy on the Destruction of National Cultural Identity and Ways of Overcoming its Consequences
Journal: International Journal of Conservation Science
Year: 2024

The article analyses the aspect of the influence of colonial policy on the destruction of national cultural identity, in particular, on the destruction of traditional religious objects. The problem is traced on the example of the colonisation of Algeria by France, which resulted in the purposeful destruction and reconstruction of historical mosques, on the example of the colonisation of Ukraine by the Russian Empire, which prohibited the construction of churches in the Ukrainian style, and later