Key Takeaway
| ● | Stalin tried to destroy Ukrainian culture and make all Ukrainians feel that they were Russians—but Ukrainian literature and religion thrived underground. |
| ● | Khrushchev reversed Stalin’s policy of enforced “russification” and tried to erase the memories of his atrocities. |
| ● | In 1954, Russia gave Crimea back to Ukraine. |
| ● | Khrushchev released hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians from the Russian gulags. |
| ● | Brezhnev continued to allow some cultural and linguistic freedoms to Ukrainians, but continued to encourage Russians to migrate to Ukraine. |
It is not easy to erase national consciousness by forcibly submerging it in an oppressive culture, and large scale atrocities cannot be propagandized away.
If too many people die, it leaves an indelible wound in the cultural psyche of the oppressed, and as media and international scrutiny develop technology for uncovering facts, national propaganda loses its effectiveness.It becomes clear as we look at the history of Ukraine that a centralized government of a state consisting of many unique cultures can only work if meaningful participation and self-determination of all participants is allowed.
More on the topic Key Takeaway:
- Vaughn Marc M.. The History of Ukraine and Russia: The Tangled History That Led to Crisis. History Demystified,2022. — 164 p., 2022
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