The History of Ukraine in the Latest Russian History Textbooks in the Light of Russian Refl ections on the Nation Cover Image

HISTORIA UKRAINY W NAJNOWSZYCHROSYJSKICH PODRĘCZNIKACH DO HISTORIIW ŚWIETLE ROSYJSKICH ROZWAŻAŃNAD NARODEM
The History of Ukraine in the Latest Russian History Textbooks in the Light of Russian Refl ections on the Nation

Author(s): Julita Komosa
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: Ukraine; Russian history; history textbook; myth of a brotherly nation; concept of a civic nation; Historical and Cultural Standard; Saint Ruthenia; Sołowiow; 19th century historiography;

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the vision of Ukrainian history presented in the latest Russian secondary school history textbook published by Proswieshchenie. It also contains the analysis of selected events from the common Russian-Ukrainian history present in discourses concerning the concepts of the nation and the synthesis of Russian history. The textbook narrative is dominated by the myth of a brotherly nation and the imperialist vision of the history of the Russian state. According to the textbook narrative, Ukraine has subjectivity, although it is consistently diminished by the solution of the civilization approach.

  • Issue Year: 47/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 129-150
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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