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Konflikt rosyjsko-ukraiński w świadomości społeczności pochodzenia polskiego obwodu tarnopolskiego
The Russia – Ukraine conflict – awareness of people of Polish descent living in Tarnopol region

Author(s): Marcelina Jakimowicz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Sociology, Military policy
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: The Russia - Ukraine conflict; Ternopil Region; identity; war; emotions; people of Polish descent

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to show the Influence of the revolution - Euromaidan and Russian-Ukrainian conflict started from 2013 on the consciousness and identity of people of Polish descent living in Ternopil Region of western Ukraine. The society of the Ternopil circuit developed new strategies of social life, adapt to the situation of conflict of defining ourselves as citizens of Ukraine - Country at War. The article contains a brief outline of the events associated with Euromaidan, annexation of the Crimea and fighting separatists in the Donbass region. Based on interviews and observations, the autor shows the awareness of Polish descert of a Russian-Ukrainian conflict, describes the emotions associated with the war and its consequences for the respondents. The text is also about important issue various performances of "foreign" in the narratives of the conflict: Russian, separatist, a resident of eastern Ukraine.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 137-152
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish