Open AccessFrom private memory to the collective image of the Ukrainian Holodomor
Author(s) -
Wiktoria Kudela-Świątek
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
wrocłwski rocznik historii mówionej/wrocławski rocznik historii mówionej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-7522
pISSN - 2084-0578
DOI - 10.26774/wrhm.148
Subject(s) - ukrainian , famine , collective memory , mythology , identity (music) , subject (documents) , collective identity , political science , soviet union , political economy , sociology , history , computer science , aesthetics , law , linguistics , art , philosophy , politics , library science , classics
The article discusses a wide range of aspects concerning the Holomodor – the Great Famine in the Soviet Union in the years 1932–1933. The author focuses on examining the processes of creating a collective image of the Great Famine and the role of individual memory of its survivors in building this image. Analyzing the memories of the survivors the author deals with distortions and myths which has grown up around the Holomodor. The significance of this disaster for the Ukrainian identity is also the subject of the analysis.