The Near Abroad: Socialist Eastern Europe and Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine, 1956-1985

338 Pages·2017·2.956 MB·English

by  Zbigniew Wojnowski

THE NEAR ABROAD
Socialist Eastern Europe and Soviet
Patriotism in Ukraine, 1956−1985
Ukraine, 1956-1985

The Near Abroad
Socialist Eastern Europe and Soviet
Patriotism in Ukraine, 1956−1985
ZBIGNIEW WOJNOWSKI
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
Toronto Buffalo London
Ukraine, 1956-1985

In loving memory of my grandad, Władysław Wojnowski
(1922−2015). For me, the twentieth century ended with his death.
Ukraine, 1956-1985

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xv
Note on Spelling and Transliteration xvii
Introduction 3
1 De-Stalinization and Soviet Patriotism: Ukrainian Reactions
to East European Unrest in 1956 33
2 Friendship in the Soviet Empire: Salvaging International
Socialism in Eastern Europe after 1956 70
3 The Limits of De-Stalinization: The Prague Spring and the
End of the Thaw in 1968 105
4 Making Enemies: Historical Memory and the Ethnic Foundations
of Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine, 1968−1980 141
5 A Prelude to Perestroika: Solidarity and Soviet Patriotism,
1980−1985 174
Epilogue: The Legacies of Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine 207
Notes 219
Bibliography 279
Index 305
Ukraine, 1956-1985

Illustrations
Maps
1. East Central Europe, 1945 xviii
2. Ukraine xix
Figures
1. A meeting with Soviet composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the
Polish-Soviet Institute in Warsaw, 1964 75
2. A Polish photographer captures a market in Lviv’s Cathedral
Square, September 1969 99
3. Petro Shelest during a visit to school number 7 in Mukachevo,
Transcarpathia 117
4. Vasyl Omelianovych Makukh with his family. 134
5 & 6. Sofiia Rotaru at the televised 1974 Sopot Intervision Festival in
Poland 144–145
7. The “Friendship Arch” commemorating the “reunification of
Russia and Ukraine” 161
8. Soviet-Hungarian border crossing, 1976 178
Ukraine, 1956-1985