Coming soon:
The Appropriation of Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage as a Legitimization of Russia’s Imperial Aspirations, ed. Aniela Radecka, Alicja Z. Nowak, Routledge 2026
Table of contents:
01 Alicja Z. Nowak, Aniela Radecka, Foreword
02 Alicja Z. Nowak, Aniela Radecka, Ukraine's Cultural Heritage and the Problem of Appropriation: An Introduction
03 Marzanna Kuczyńska, Alicja Z. Nowak, Kyivan Metropolitanate and Moscow Patriarchate – On the History of Culture-Administrative Appropriation
04 Tetiana Grygorieva, Was the Pereiaslav Agreement (1654) the Result of Bohdan Khmelnytsky's “Orthodox Choice”?
05 Nataliia Sinkevych, Appropriation of the Orthodox faith: discussion on transubstantiation between Kyivan and Muscovite ecclesiastics in the 17th century
06 Maksym Yaremenko, Holy Monks of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in the Imperial Service
07 Denys Pilipowicz, Hryhoriy Skovoroda in the History of the Russian Philosophy – an Imperial Perspective
08 Kateryna Dysa, Appropriation of Kyiv’s Cultural Heritage by the Russian Empire in the Late Eighteenth–Mid-Nineteenth Century: The Case of Travel Literature
09 Olga Kich-Masłej, The Archival Legacy of Pantelemon Yuriev. Fr. Jan Polański's Letters
10 Natalia Shlikhta, The “Reunification” of Greek Catholics in Transcarpathia. Why the Soviet Assimilatory Action Failed?
11 Agnieszka Gronek, Appropriation of Cultural Heritage Through the Falsification of its Creators’ Nationality. Burliuk, Malevich, Ekster
12 Mariia Lihus, Aspects of the National Cultural Identity of Ukrainian Cinema as Exemplified by Kira Muratova’s Creative Output
13 Aniela Radecka, Constructing Narratives About Donbas: Identity, Society, Culture. The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations
14 Iryna Polets-Gerus, The Resilience Legacy and Symbolism of Bohdan Solchanyk, Victoria Amelina and Volodymyr Vakulenko on Ukrainian Culture
Appendix
15 Larysa Dovga, Maria Lihus, “UCulture”: Professional Project about the Ukrainian Culture