Soviet Information Warfare on the Holodomor vs Historical Sources: Actors of the Memory Battle

The article explores the role played by awareness and memory in combating Soviet information warfare on the famine in Ukraine of 1932–1933 based on the historical and media sources on the Holodomor. The author analyzes instruments used by the Soviet state in the 1930s not only to hide information a...

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Main Author: Tetiana Boriak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences 2023-12-01
Series:Etnografia Polska
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Online Access:https://journals.iaepan.pl/ep/article/view/3406
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description The article explores the role played by awareness and memory in combating Soviet information warfare on the famine in Ukraine of 1932–1933 based on the historical and media sources on the Holodomor. The author analyzes instruments used by the Soviet state in the 1930s not only to hide information about starvation from the other states, but also to suppress memory about it. The article presents different types of historical sources on the famine that have been preserved. Knowledge of surviving historical sources, as well as of actions of the Soviet propaganda to silence the famine, allows deconstruction of the myths invented by the Soviet regime.
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spelling doaj.art-9974642202a641038773d295687fe8cd2023-12-22T22:34:56ZengInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of SciencesEtnografia Polska0071-18612719-65342023-12-01671–210.23858/EP67.2023.3406Soviet Information Warfare on the Holodomor vs Historical Sources: Actors of the Memory BattleTetiana Boriak The article explores the role played by awareness and memory in combating Soviet information warfare on the famine in Ukraine of 1932–1933 based on the historical and media sources on the Holodomor. The author analyzes instruments used by the Soviet state in the 1930s not only to hide information about starvation from the other states, but also to suppress memory about it. The article presents different types of historical sources on the famine that have been preserved. Knowledge of surviving historical sources, as well as of actions of the Soviet propaganda to silence the famine, allows deconstruction of the myths invented by the Soviet regime. https://journals.iaepan.pl/ep/article/view/3406Hołodomor
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title Soviet Information Warfare on the Holodomor vs Historical Sources: Actors of the Memory Battle
title_full Soviet Information Warfare on the Holodomor vs Historical Sources: Actors of the Memory Battle
title_fullStr Soviet Information Warfare on the Holodomor vs Historical Sources: Actors of the Memory Battle
title_full_unstemmed Soviet Information Warfare on the Holodomor vs Historical Sources: Actors of the Memory Battle
title_short Soviet Information Warfare on the Holodomor vs Historical Sources: Actors of the Memory Battle
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