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heroes and villains creating national history in contemporary ukraine
certain to engender debate in the media especially in ukraine itself as well as the academic community . using a wide selection of newspapers journals monographs and school textbooks from different regions of the country the book examines the sensitive issue of the changing perspectives often shifting 180 degrees on several events discussed in the new narratives of the stalin years published in the ukraine since the late gorbachev period until 2005 . these events were pivotal to ukrainian history in the 20th century including the famine of 1932 33 and ukrainian insurgency during the war years . this latter period is particularly disputed and analyzed with regard to the roles of the oun organization of ukrainian nationalists and the upa ukrainian insurgent army during and after the war . were these organizations freedom fighters or collaborators to what extent do they constitute are they the architects of the modern independent state
paperback central european university press 2008 isbn13 9789639776296 isbn10 9639776297
abridged n isbn 13 9789639776296 number in series 1 number of pages 363 publisher central european univ pr release date 62135769600000