THE POSITION OF HISTORICAL SCIENCE
OF THE UKRAINIAN SSR IN THE CONDITIONS OF COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY IN THE YEARS
OF KHRUSHCHEV’S «THAW» AND THE UNFOLDING OF BREZHNEV’S «STAGNATION»
THE POSITION OF HISTORICAL SCIENCE
OF THE UKRAINIAN SSR IN THE CONDITIONS OF COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY IN THE YEARS
OF KHRUSHCHEV’S «THAW» AND THE UNFOLDING OF BREZHNEV’S «STAGNATION»
Author(s): Nadia KindrachukSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Political history, History of Communism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: historical science; scientific research; communist ideology; Soviet totalitarian regime; falsification; intellectual resistance; national past of Ukraine; Ukrainian scientists; objectivity ;
Summary/Abstract: The article shows the complete subordination of historical science in the Ukrainian SSR to the ideology of the Soviet state. The concept of the historical development of the Ukrainian people during the 60s and 70s of the 20th century was determined not by scientists, but by party-communist ideologues. The concept of the rapprochement of nations, the creation of a «new historical community of Soviet people» and the condemnation of the ideology of «bo- urgeois nationalism» came to the fore. When researching the history of the Ukrainian SSR, scientists were tasked with not focusing on national differences and promoting the «exceptional» role of the Russian people in the life of Ukrainians in every possible way.
Journal: Reality of Politics. Estimates - Comments - Forecasts
- Issue Year: 23/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 34-48
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English