decolonization Archives - Euromaidan Press

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Decolonisation in action: Kharkiv erases Russian cultural footprints

Kharkiv authorities have removed memorial stands featuring handprints of foreign actors from Shevchenko Park, with city officials confirming that plaques bearing Russian names will not be reinstalled

byMaria Tril

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Opinion

Russia’s problem isn’t just Putin, it’s Russians

When opposition voices dream of the same empire, nothing changes

byAndrew Chakhoyan

Alla Horska Ukrainian mosaic deimperialization

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Opinion

It’s time to free Ukrainian studies from behind the Russian curtain

Amid the largest war in Europe since World War II, there is no more time for delaying difficult conversations and uncomfortable decisions.

byKhrystyna Semeryn

Shadow of the Empire: Why Russia's Ethnic Minorities Fear Independence

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Shadow of the empire: Why Russia’s indigenous nations fear independence

Shunned both by the West and Russia’s liberal opposition, indigenous activists find new ways to challenge Russia’s colonial ways — and rekindle their people’s will to independence.

byBohdan Ben

Decolonization of Russia university Ukraine

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International

Inside Ukraine’s covert program preparing Russia’s minorities for independence

While battling Russian aggression, Ukraine is quietly fostering a cadre of leaders poised to carve independent nations from Russia's vast, multiethnic territories.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Culture of Ukraine

Can Ukraine cancel Russia’s imperial history? Odesa debates decolonization

"Awareness and treatment of imperial trauma are paramount in this time-consuming and difficult psychological process," Tetiana Pylypchuk, director of the Kharkiv Literary Museum, told a rapt audience in Odesa, capturing the central dilemma of Ukraine's decolonization debate.

byZarina Zabrisky

bucha cemetery Russian troops genocide Ukraine

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Latest news Ukraine

OSCE declares Russia’s actions in Ukraine genocide, urges decolonization

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) identified the decolonization of Russia as a necessary precondition for establishing enduring peace in Ukraine, calling for support of the Peace Formula and Crimean Platform and urging member states to establish a Special Tribunal to hold Russia accountable for its atrocities in Ukraine.

byVira Kravchuk

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Latest news Ukraine

“Last colonial empire in Europe” must fall, nations subjugated by Russia call in Vilnius

The 11th Forum of Free Nations of Post-Russia, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, culminated in the issuance of a joint "Proclamation of Good Neighborliness" calling for the dismantling of the Russian empire.

byAlya Shandra

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“Decolonization will not be stopped”: Ukraine expands movement against Russian cultural imperialism

Progressive decolonization discourse has ignored Russia's history of imperialism and cultural appropriation, but Ukraine is determined to challenge false narratives by rewriting its place in the world's museums.

bySvitlana Tsurkan

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine’s Cabinet backs removal of Soviet monuments from heritage list to dismantle them

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers backs the decision to de-register and dismantle monuments of Pushkin, Shchors, and other Russian and Soviet figures from the national cultural heritage list as part of decommunization efforts.

byYuri Zoria

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International

Disintegrated Russia will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decide

The post-imperial Russia disintegrated into 41 states will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decided on their 8th meeting in Paris and London

byBohdan Ben