Terrorists or national heroes? Politics and perceptions of the OUN and the UPA in Ukraine

Bibliographic Data

ID6181383
AuthorsIvan Katchanovski (0000-0001-8266-9987, University of Ottawa, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume48
Issue2-3
Pages217-228
Publication date2015-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.006
OpenAlexW836102418
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited12

This study analyzes controversies and public attitudes concerning the Bandera faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN-B), the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and Stepan Bandera in Ukraine. The research question is: Which factors affect attitudes toward the OUN-B, the UPA and Bandera in contemporary Ukraine? This article employs comparative and regression analyses of surveys commissioned by the author and conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) in 2009 and 2013 to determine the effects of regional and other factors on attitudes toward these organizations and the OUN-B leader. The study shows that regional factors and perceptions of these organizations’ involvement in mass murder were the strongest predictors of the views concerning the OUN-B, the UPA and Bandera. Their public support is strongest in Galicia and weakest in the East and the South, in particular, in Donbas and Crimea, two major conflict areas since the “Euromaidan

Perception · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Ukrainian · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Law · Military, Security, and Education Studies · Psychology · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia

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