“Its Own Patriotic War”
Journal: transcript Verlag eBooks
Year: 2024

For eight decades, Ukrainian society has maintained, constructed, and transformed the memory of World War II/the Great Patriotic War (WWII/GPW). 1 In the official attitude towards the GPW/WWII, profound changes took place in 2014.They were caused by the shock of Russia's annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of war in the Donbas -as well as by the decision to distance Ukraine from Russian propaganda associated with the mythology of the GPW, a decision made more necessary by Donbas separatists' u