Marta Studenna-Skrukwa

Adam Mickiewicz University | UAM

This paper is devoted to the analysis of selected aspects how Ukrainian schools present the historical narrative that covers the post-World War II history of this country – particularly the period of late socialism. My goal was to establish how post-Maidan textbooks presented the times when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union in its superpower pha...

Fleeing from war, witnessing death and destruction and leaving family behind can be frightening, stressful and result in Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), a mental health condition that can occur in the first month after a traumatic event. This cross-sectional study of 637 Ukrainian war refugees used two structured surveys. The first consisted of questi...

This paper attempts an interpretation of Nikolai Nosov’s novels about the adventures of Dunno, which enjoyed a cult status in the Soviet Union. Despite being children’s literature, they are examined in terms of themes that have little to do with young readers. The analysis is historical rather than literary, aiming chiefly to elucidate the cultural...

The aim of the paper is to present the image of Kharkiv in propaganda materials from the period of Leonid Brezhnev’s rule addressed to foreign recipients. Three key threads repeated in narratives about Kharkiv were distinguished by the author: the relative “youth” of the city, its industrial character and the functioning of a strong academic center...

The authors of this article use the examples of the Donbass and Pridnestrovie regions to examine the relationship between regional identity, separatism, and armed conflict. On the basis of comparative methods of analysis, they describe the historical and sociological processes and political conditions that, over the course of history, produced the...

Stiladzy byli pierwszą subkulturą młodzieżową w Związku Radzieckim. Pojawili się w latach czterdziestych XX w. i przetrwali do początku lat sześćdziesiątych. Zaliczani są do tzw. pokolenia ’52 – subkultur młodzieżowych zafascynowanych amerykańskim stylem życia. Temat stilagów powrócił w Rosji w związku z filmem Walerego Todorowskiego Stiladzy z 200...

This article analyzes the phenomenon of Ukrainian Russian-language patriotism. In the first part, the author concentrates on the socio-linguistic situation in Ukraine since 1991. The next part contains a brief description of language policy in Ukraine in the 1990s and at the beginning of the 21st century, and presents the attitude of contemporary U...