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Papers by Tatiana Pashkovskaya
Humanitarian and pedagogical Research, 2021
Abstract. Creating a new national narrative was the key element of nation-building after the coll... more Abstract. Creating a new national narrative was the key element of nation-building after the collapse of the So- viet Union. The post-Soviet history research was thematized by antitotalitarian attitudes and the political need for new symbols, new heroes, victories and tragedies to build the nation. The new narrative challenging Soviet myths was created on the basis of declassified Soviet archives, witness testimonies, studies issued from the Ukrainian diaspora of North America and pre-Soviet concepts. The article is based on the historiographical and historical works published during the post-Soviet period (1991-2021). The research aim is to identify new approaches, new pertinent subjects, new argumentation that distinguish the historiography of Ukraine from the Soviet and the Russian narratives. More detailed analyses are applied to the concepts that have been instrumentalized by Ukrainian politicians and filled the canon ver- sion of Ukrainian history with ideas. They are the history of Kiev Rus as a proto-Ukrainian state, the Cossack Upspring and The Treaty of Pereyaslav as the first Ukrainian nation-building project and the famine of 1932-1933 as the biggest tragedy of Ukrainian history. It is concluded that post-Soviet Ukrainian historiography is engaged in a nation-building project, while the international context actualizes new approaches, including those eliciting and deconstructing national myths and cultural frontiers. The article can be interesting to specialists interested in Ukrainian history and memory studies.
Keywords: Ukraine, historiography, national myth, national narrative, nationalism, history, memory studies, post-Soviet studies
Yearbook of Finno-Ugric Studies
The mythologization of history and presence of unexplored aspects in the history of Estonia durin... more The mythologization of history and presence of unexplored aspects in the history of Estonia during the Second World War period prevent the establishing good-neighbourly relations and partnership between Russia and Estonia. Estonians’ life in the evacuation in the Urals is a ‘blank spot’ in the historiography. The article is based on the archival documents and sheds light on the situation of people evacuated from Estonia to the South Urals in the period 1941-1944. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the evacuees’ composition is provided. The difficulties of Estonians’ adaptation in the Soviet rear are elicited. It is concluded that Estonians had the same problems as all evacuees in the USSR. Besides, their situation was worsened by the linguistic barrier, the level of poverty in the Urals in comparison with Estonia, impossibility to lead traditional work, the ignorance of the Soviet laws, the abhorrence of the Soviet system among parts of the evacuees. The problems arising b...
Industrial Archaeology Review, 2020
This article traces the development of the tram service in Magnitogorsk, one of the first sociali... more This article traces the development of the tram service in Magnitogorsk, one of the first socialist cities in the USSR. It first outlines the emergence of the city and the construction of the tramway in different facets: the building of tram lines, the development of tram routes and the creation of tram infrastructure. The article also discusses the influences of climate peculiarities, ideological concepts and Soviet planned economy. The focus then turns to the initial condition and development of the tram rolling stock. The main technical characteristics of the tramcars used in Soviet cities from the 1930s to the 1950s are provided.
КАТЫНЬ-2010 В ЗЕРКАЛЕ БРИТАНСКОЙ И ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ ПРЕССЫ Номер: 1 (11) Год: 2012 Страницы: 135-147 Ж... more КАТЫНЬ-2010 В ЗЕРКАЛЕ БРИТАНСКОЙ И ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ ПРЕССЫ
Номер: 1 (11) Год: 2012 Страницы: 135-147
ЖУРНАЛ: ПРОБЛЕМЫ РОССИЙСКОЙ ИСТОРИИ | Russian History Journal. Издательство: Магнитогорский государственный университет (Магнитогорск)
Humanitarian and pedagogical Research, 2021
Abstract. Creating a new national narrative was the key element of nation-building after the coll... more Abstract. Creating a new national narrative was the key element of nation-building after the collapse of the So- viet Union. The post-Soviet history research was thematized by antitotalitarian attitudes and the political need for new symbols, new heroes, victories and tragedies to build the nation. The new narrative challenging Soviet myths was created on the basis of declassified Soviet archives, witness testimonies, studies issued from the Ukrainian diaspora of North America and pre-Soviet concepts. The article is based on the historiographical and historical works published during the post-Soviet period (1991-2021). The research aim is to identify new approaches, new pertinent subjects, new argumentation that distinguish the historiography of Ukraine from the Soviet and the Russian narratives. More detailed analyses are applied to the concepts that have been instrumentalized by Ukrainian politicians and filled the canon ver- sion of Ukrainian history with ideas. They are the history of Kiev Rus as a proto-Ukrainian state, the Cossack Upspring and The Treaty of Pereyaslav as the first Ukrainian nation-building project and the famine of 1932-1933 as the biggest tragedy of Ukrainian history. It is concluded that post-Soviet Ukrainian historiography is engaged in a nation-building project, while the international context actualizes new approaches, including those eliciting and deconstructing national myths and cultural frontiers. The article can be interesting to specialists interested in Ukrainian history and memory studies.
Keywords: Ukraine, historiography, national myth, national narrative, nationalism, history, memory studies, post-Soviet studies
Yearbook of Finno-Ugric Studies
The mythologization of history and presence of unexplored aspects in the history of Estonia durin... more The mythologization of history and presence of unexplored aspects in the history of Estonia during the Second World War period prevent the establishing good-neighbourly relations and partnership between Russia and Estonia. Estonians’ life in the evacuation in the Urals is a ‘blank spot’ in the historiography. The article is based on the archival documents and sheds light on the situation of people evacuated from Estonia to the South Urals in the period 1941-1944. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the evacuees’ composition is provided. The difficulties of Estonians’ adaptation in the Soviet rear are elicited. It is concluded that Estonians had the same problems as all evacuees in the USSR. Besides, their situation was worsened by the linguistic barrier, the level of poverty in the Urals in comparison with Estonia, impossibility to lead traditional work, the ignorance of the Soviet laws, the abhorrence of the Soviet system among parts of the evacuees. The problems arising b...
Industrial Archaeology Review, 2020
This article traces the development of the tram service in Magnitogorsk, one of the first sociali... more This article traces the development of the tram service in Magnitogorsk, one of the first socialist cities in the USSR. It first outlines the emergence of the city and the construction of the tramway in different facets: the building of tram lines, the development of tram routes and the creation of tram infrastructure. The article also discusses the influences of climate peculiarities, ideological concepts and Soviet planned economy. The focus then turns to the initial condition and development of the tram rolling stock. The main technical characteristics of the tramcars used in Soviet cities from the 1930s to the 1950s are provided.
КАТЫНЬ-2010 В ЗЕРКАЛЕ БРИТАНСКОЙ И ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ ПРЕССЫ Номер: 1 (11) Год: 2012 Страницы: 135-147 Ж... more КАТЫНЬ-2010 В ЗЕРКАЛЕ БРИТАНСКОЙ И ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ ПРЕССЫ
Номер: 1 (11) Год: 2012 Страницы: 135-147
ЖУРНАЛ: ПРОБЛЕМЫ РОССИЙСКОЙ ИСТОРИИ | Russian History Journal. Издательство: Магнитогорский государственный университет (Магнитогорск)