Choosing Mazepa Over Lenin: The Transformation of Monuments and Political Order in Post-Maidan Ukraine

Lina Klymenko

Europe-Asia Studies, 2020, vol. 72, issue 5, 815-836

Abstract: In 2014–2016, the central Ukrainian city of Poltava witnessed the demolition of a Lenin monument and the construction of a monument dedicated to the Ukrainian Cossack hetman Ivan Mazepa. Taking this alteration of the cityscape as a case study, this article examines the change and continuity of political order in post-communist Ukraine in general, and in post-Maidan Ukraine specifically. By investigating the contested meanings of monuments in the city, the article uncovers various ethnonational, religious, political and gender-specific features of Ukrainian society. In so doing, it builds upon the scholarly literature that investigates the symbolic role of monuments in political transformation and draws on a range of data sources including the observation of monuments, policy documents and media coverage.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2020.1751081

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