The Dynamics of Collective Memory in the Ukraine Crisis: A Transitional Justice Perspective
Journal: International Journal of Transitional Justice
Year: 2016

This article addresses the role of collective memory in the post-Soviet transitions of Ukraine and Russia, and its relationship with identity building and bilateral foreign policy before and after Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan revolution. Based on an empirical evaluation of the respective states’ memorialization practices, I argue that the politics of memory in Russia facilitated the annexation of Crimea and the armed conflict in Donbass, and that Ukraine’s ontological and physical security crisis preci