Transformations of Public Memory in Berdiansk after 2014
Journal: City History Culture Society
Year: 2025

Berdiansk is a Ukrainian city on the Azov Sea shore in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. With almost 200 years of colonial history, this city currently living under Russian occupation is an excellent fit for analysing the memory transformation process in the communities of southeastern Ukraine. This paper examines the memory politics background in the southeast of Ukraine as exemplified by the changes in symbolism across Berdiansk’s city space on the back of post-Maidan politics. In addition, it describes an