Specific Features of the Process of Decolonisation of Modern Textbooks on the History of Ukraine

Serhii Koniukhov

Specific Features of the Process of Decolonisation of Modern Textbooks on the History of Ukraine

Serhii Koniukhov

Abstract

The relevance of the subject matter was conditioned by the need to develop a programme for the process of decolonisation of modern Ukrainian history textbooks, the construction of a historical narrative and its consolidation in the public consciousness, and the great importance of practical application and implementation of decolonisation under modern requirements of the time. The purpose of this study was to conduct a detailed analysis of the process of decolonisation of modern textbooks on the history of Ukraine, separate the available information in textbooks from unreliable facts, and develop recommendations for improvement. The basis of the methodological approach in this study was a qualitative combination of methods of system analysis, theoretical research, and to a certain extent, empirical research, which allowed highlighting and generalising the direct data of observations, and the combination of these methods created the dynamics of scientific knowledge as an integral organised system. The main results obtained in the framework of this study should be considered the definition of the main features of the decolonisation process, their implementation and further improvement. The results also include the formulation of the main goals and objectives of decolonisation. The results of this study and the conclusions formulated on their basis are of significant importance primarily for students, students and teachers who will repeatedly apply and operate information from textbooks, for historians, subjects whose professional activity is related to the reliability of facts about the historical past and present, which is essential from the standpoint of spreading false information and subjectivism of authors in history textbooks, and for all citizens of Ukraine

Keywords

derussification, decolonisation, identity, renewal, decommunisation, historical narrative

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Suggested citation

Koniukhov, S. (2022). Specific Features of the Process of Decolonisation of Modern Textbooks on the History of Ukraine. Foreign Affairs, 32(6), 39-45. https://doi.org/10.46493/2663-2675.32(6).2022.39-45