Time’s Tapestry: Evolution of First World War Memoryscapes in Contemporary Ukraine

• In Event: Military "lieux de mémoire" in Central and Eastern Europe during the Russo-Ukrainian War

Abstract

Despite the considerable impact of the Great War on Ukraine’s state-building, the memory
of it was largely absent in the country’s memorial space for a long time. Only after 1991 did a
notable increase in public interest in the war’s events occur. Hanna Bazhenova’s paper delves
into the formation of the World War I memorial landscape in contemporary Ukraine, examining
the architectural heritage of the war and the inauguration of new monuments and memorial sites.
The Russian aggression significantly exacerbated the perception of the events that took place on
Ukrainian lands during 1914–18, pushing to draw historic parallels between World War I and the
ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.

Author

• Hanna Bazhenova, Institute of Central Europe (Poland)