Lina Klymenko
Biographic Data
| ID | 4874822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lina Klymenko |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lina |
| FAMILY NAME | Klymenko |
| SIGNATURE | KLYMENKO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-6462-5285 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Saving Kurapaty: The Memorialisation of Victims of Political Repressions in Belarus as a Transitional Justice Mechanism
This article examines the memorialisation of victims of political repressions as part of a transitional justice policy. By drawing on insights from memory studies, it reveals how such memorialisation practices can become a dynamic transitional justice mechanism developed by grassroots movements. The case study in focus is the arrangement of memorials to the victims of Stalinist repressions in Kurapaty near Minsk, Belarus, identifying societal act…
“My Grandparents Are Separatists”: How Young Ukrainians Perceive Their National Community
Based on focus group discussions with young people in Ukraine, this article analyzes how young Ukrainians conceptualize their national community. The understanding of nationalism in the study rests upon the concept of a discursive formation of a nation. In line with this concept, nationalism is viewed as a certain mode of discourse that reflects citizens’ interpretations of who constitutes a nation. The analysis of the focus group discussions rev…
Exploring the link between historical memory and foreign policy: An introduction
The role of historical narratives in Ukraine’s policy toward the EU and Russia
Choosing Mazepa Over Lenin: The Transformation of Monuments and Political Order in Post-Maidan Ukraine
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 …
Understanding the Donbas War in Terms of World War II: A Metaphor Analysis of the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Previous research on the ongoing armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine has largely provided structural explanations for the outbreak of violence in Donbas. In contrast to previous studies, this article takes an interpretive approach and investigates how the Ukrainian political leadership makes sense of the events in Donbas by drawing an analogy between the Donbas War and World War II. Such an approach sheds light on the Ukrainian ruling elites’ stand…
Forging Ukrainian national identity through remembrance of World War II
This paper explores how the collective remembrance of a specific historical event shapes the national identity that underpins a state’s foreign policy objectives. By drawing on multidisciplinary insights, the paper explains how political actors frame past events in order to promote a certain conceptualization of a national community. Taking Ukraine as a case study, the paper demonstrates how Russia’s intervention in Ukraine in 2014–2015 prompted …
The Holodomor law and national trauma construction in Ukraine
This article proposes to conceptualize the remembrance of the 1932–33 famine, known as the Holodomor, as cultural trauma construction in Ukraine. This entails the study of how the memory of this devastating historical event became the national collective symbol of suffering with which Ukrainians identify today. Based on Jeffrey Alexander’s concept of cultural trauma, the analysis focuses on the role of political elites and their claim-making rega…
Nation-building and presidential rhetoric in Belarus
This paper studies the Belarusian nation as envisioned by the president in his political speeches delivered on the country’s Independence Day. The theoretical framework of the paper rests upon an understanding of the discursive construction of national identity. This analysis of the presidential speeches utilizes principles of the Discourse Historical Approach (DHA). As a special genre of texts, political speeches aim to offer normative guidance …
World War II or Great Patriotic War remembrance? Crafting the nation in commemorative speeches of Ukrainian presidents
In post-Soviet Ukraine, the remembrance of World War II has been one of the key factors in the state-led construction of national identity. This analysis of commemorative speeches on the occasion of Victory Day in Ukraine demonstrates how the presidents of Ukraine attempt to present the war as a national Ukrainian experience, and to produce a feeling of national belonging among Ukrainians who may have had various experiences of the war. By referr…
World War II in Ukrainian school history textbooks: Mapping the discourse of the past
The main objective of this paper is to illustrate the conceptualisation of a textbook as a site of memory, a discourse and a genre. This paper investigates the semantic and linguistic elements of the discourse of World War II in Ukrainian school history textbooks for the 11th grade, centring on the following distinct key themes: the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the German attack on the Soviet Union and the ensuing Nazi occupation regime, the Soviet a…
Why Look Back: Citizens' Attitudes Toward the Communist Regime in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine
Nostalgia for the communist past originates in positive evaluations of communist political and economic systems and in identification with the Soviet Union. It is people's socialization in a particular political culture and identity, rather than their negative feelings toward the current regime and its performance, that explains this phenomenon. The same factors operate in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, irrespective of country-specific development…
Determinants of Positive Attitudes towards an Authoritarian Regime: The Case of Belarus
The political and economic transition of Belarus has particular features among the post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe. Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus is characterized as an authoritarian regime personified in its president. This study identifies sources of citizens’ perceptions of the political regime in Belarus. We argue that the way in which citizens perceive the political regime is primarily determined by eco…
Exploring the link between historical memory and foreign policy: An introduction
Why Look Back: Citizens' Attitudes Toward the Communist Regime in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine
Nostalgia for the communist past originates in positive evaluations of communist political and economic systems and in identification with the Soviet Union. It is people's socialization in a particular political culture and identity, rather than their negative feelings toward the current regime and its performance, that explains this phenomenon. The same factors operate in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, irrespective of country-specific development…
The Holodomor law and national trauma construction in Ukraine
This article proposes to conceptualize the remembrance of the 1932–33 famine, known as the Holodomor, as cultural trauma construction in Ukraine. This entails the study of how the memory of this devastating historical event became the national collective symbol of suffering with which Ukrainians identify today. Based on Jeffrey Alexander’s concept of cultural trauma, the analysis focuses on the role of political elites and their claim-making rega…
Choosing Mazepa Over Lenin: The Transformation of Monuments and Political Order in Post-Maidan Ukraine
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 …
World War II in Ukrainian school history textbooks: Mapping the discourse of the past
The main objective of this paper is to illustrate the conceptualisation of a textbook as a site of memory, a discourse and a genre. This paper investigates the semantic and linguistic elements of the discourse of World War II in Ukrainian school history textbooks for the 11th grade, centring on the following distinct key themes: the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the German attack on the Soviet Union and the ensuing Nazi occupation regime, the Soviet a…
The role of historical narratives in Ukraine’s policy toward the EU and Russia
Determinants of Positive Attitudes towards an Authoritarian Regime: The Case of Belarus
The political and economic transition of Belarus has particular features among the post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe. Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus is characterized as an authoritarian regime personified in its president. This study identifies sources of citizens’ perceptions of the political regime in Belarus. We argue that the way in which citizens perceive the political regime is primarily determined by eco…
Nation-building and presidential rhetoric in Belarus
This paper studies the Belarusian nation as envisioned by the president in his political speeches delivered on the country’s Independence Day. The theoretical framework of the paper rests upon an understanding of the discursive construction of national identity. This analysis of the presidential speeches utilizes principles of the Discourse Historical Approach (DHA). As a special genre of texts, political speeches aim to offer normative guidance …
Understanding the Donbas War in Terms of World War II: A Metaphor Analysis of the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Previous research on the ongoing armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine has largely provided structural explanations for the outbreak of violence in Donbas. In contrast to previous studies, this article takes an interpretive approach and investigates how the Ukrainian political leadership makes sense of the events in Donbas by drawing an analogy between the Donbas War and World War II. Such an approach sheds light on the Ukrainian ruling elites’ stand…
Forging Ukrainian national identity through remembrance of World War II
This paper explores how the collective remembrance of a specific historical event shapes the national identity that underpins a state’s foreign policy objectives. By drawing on multidisciplinary insights, the paper explains how political actors frame past events in order to promote a certain conceptualization of a national community. Taking Ukraine as a case study, the paper demonstrates how Russia’s intervention in Ukraine in 2014–2015 prompted …
World War II or Great Patriotic War remembrance? Crafting the nation in commemorative speeches of Ukrainian presidents
In post-Soviet Ukraine, the remembrance of World War II has been one of the key factors in the state-led construction of national identity. This analysis of commemorative speeches on the occasion of Victory Day in Ukraine demonstrates how the presidents of Ukraine attempt to present the war as a national Ukrainian experience, and to produce a feeling of national belonging among Ukrainians who may have had various experiences of the war. By referr…
Saving Kurapaty: The Memorialisation of Victims of Political Repressions in Belarus as a Transitional Justice Mechanism
This article examines the memorialisation of victims of political repressions as part of a transitional justice policy. By drawing on insights from memory studies, it reveals how such memorialisation practices can become a dynamic transitional justice mechanism developed by grassroots movements. The case study in focus is the arrangement of memorials to the victims of Stalinist repressions in Kurapaty near Minsk, Belarus, identifying societal act…
Why Look Back: Citizens' Attitudes Toward the Communist Regime in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine
Nostalgia for the communist past originates in positive evaluations of communist political and economic systems and in identification with the Soviet Union. It is people's socialization in a particular political culture and identity, rather than their negative feelings toward the current regime and its performance, that explains this phenomenon. The same factors operate in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, irrespective of country-specific development…
Determinants of Positive Attitudes towards an Authoritarian Regime: The Case of Belarus
The political and economic transition of Belarus has particular features among the post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe. Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus is characterized as an authoritarian regime personified in its president. This study identifies sources of citizens’ perceptions of the political regime in Belarus. We argue that the way in which citizens perceive the political regime is primarily determined by eco…
World War II in Ukrainian school history textbooks: Mapping the discourse of the past
The main objective of this paper is to illustrate the conceptualisation of a textbook as a site of memory, a discourse and a genre. This paper investigates the semantic and linguistic elements of the discourse of World War II in Ukrainian school history textbooks for the 11th grade, centring on the following distinct key themes: the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the German attack on the Soviet Union and the ensuing Nazi occupation regime, the Soviet a…
World War II or Great Patriotic War remembrance? Crafting the nation in commemorative speeches of Ukrainian presidents
In post-Soviet Ukraine, the remembrance of World War II has been one of the key factors in the state-led construction of national identity. This analysis of commemorative speeches on the occasion of Victory Day in Ukraine demonstrates how the presidents of Ukraine attempt to present the war as a national Ukrainian experience, and to produce a feeling of national belonging among Ukrainians who may have had various experiences of the war. By referr…
The Holodomor law and national trauma construction in Ukraine
This article proposes to conceptualize the remembrance of the 1932–33 famine, known as the Holodomor, as cultural trauma construction in Ukraine. This entails the study of how the memory of this devastating historical event became the national collective symbol of suffering with which Ukrainians identify today. Based on Jeffrey Alexander’s concept of cultural trauma, the analysis focuses on the role of political elites and their claim-making rega…
Nation-building and presidential rhetoric in Belarus
This paper studies the Belarusian nation as envisioned by the president in his political speeches delivered on the country’s Independence Day. The theoretical framework of the paper rests upon an understanding of the discursive construction of national identity. This analysis of the presidential speeches utilizes principles of the Discourse Historical Approach (DHA). As a special genre of texts, political speeches aim to offer normative guidance …
Understanding the Donbas War in Terms of World War II: A Metaphor Analysis of the Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Previous research on the ongoing armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine has largely provided structural explanations for the outbreak of violence in Donbas. In contrast to previous studies, this article takes an interpretive approach and investigates how the Ukrainian political leadership makes sense of the events in Donbas by drawing an analogy between the Donbas War and World War II. Such an approach sheds light on the Ukrainian ruling elites’ stand…
Forging Ukrainian national identity through remembrance of World War II
This paper explores how the collective remembrance of a specific historical event shapes the national identity that underpins a state’s foreign policy objectives. By drawing on multidisciplinary insights, the paper explains how political actors frame past events in order to promote a certain conceptualization of a national community. Taking Ukraine as a case study, the paper demonstrates how Russia’s intervention in Ukraine in 2014–2015 prompted …
“My Grandparents Are Separatists”: How Young Ukrainians Perceive Their National Community
Based on focus group discussions with young people in Ukraine, this article analyzes how young Ukrainians conceptualize their national community. The understanding of nationalism in the study rests upon the concept of a discursive formation of a nation. In line with this concept, nationalism is viewed as a certain mode of discourse that reflects citizens’ interpretations of who constitutes a nation. The analysis of the focus group discussions rev…
Exploring the link between historical memory and foreign policy: An introduction
The role of historical narratives in Ukraine’s policy toward the EU and Russia
Choosing Mazepa Over Lenin: The Transformation of Monuments and Political Order in Post-Maidan Ukraine
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 …
Saving Kurapaty: The Memorialisation of Victims of Political Repressions in Belarus as a Transitional Justice Mechanism
This article examines the memorialisation of victims of political repressions as part of a transitional justice policy. By drawing on insights from memory studies, it reveals how such memorialisation practices can become a dynamic transitional justice mechanism developed by grassroots movements. The case study in focus is the arrangement of memorials to the victims of Stalinist repressions in Kurapaty near Minsk, Belarus, identifying societal act…
Political science (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Ukrainian (8 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (4 works)