Memorial Practices in Donetsk
Year: 2025

Oksana Mikheieva examines intense debates in Ukraine around the materialized symbols of Soviet heritage, especially monuments and commemorative practices, and discusses the dilemmas around de-communization in Ukraine. Mikheieva draws on the texts of Stalino/Donetsk guides published between the 1950s and the 2000s, and on interviews with the city's residents, differentiating between the controlled and non-government-controlled parts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. The study investigates the monum