The Ukrainian Soviet Nation – some remarks from the multicultural perspective. Part 2. Cover Image

Ukraiński naród radziecki - kilka uwag z perspektywy wielokulturowej. Cz. 2
The Ukrainian Soviet Nation – some remarks from the multicultural perspective. Part 2.

Author(s): Grzegorz Demel
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: “Soviet nation”; Soviet Union; Ukraine; boutique multiculturalism

Summary/Abstract: In the article the author discusses the “Soviet nation” as a project of political nation based on the ethno-cultural, not only Russian, but rather Russian-Slavic (including also Ukrainians and Belarusians) core. Through the prism of the language russification and collective memory problems of Ukrainians and other nations, the official Soviet ethno-policy is presented as an boutique multiculturalism, not the values negotiating, but considering the difference between russification and sovietisation. The role of the Moscow Orthodox Church in the unifying of the borderlands of the SU is also signalized.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 43-52
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish