| Summary/Abstract |
This article is an attempt to explain the reasons for the restoration of
Soviet symbols in those regions of Ukraine that have come under Russian
control as a result of the current conflict, using the concepts of ‘crisis
of representation’ and ‘grassroots patriotism.’ It stresses that what is
happening cannot be explained as “the restoration of Soviet totalitarianism”
with support from the Russian authorities, who take a different position
towards the Soviet past. It is also shown that the appeal to Soviet values
is an obvious consequence of the trauma of the 1990s, experienced by the
entire post-Soviet space, that has not been overcome in mass mentality and
the ideological domain.
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