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    The Historical discourse in the Strategy and Practice of Foreign Policy of Ukraine
    (2024) Makliuk Olha Mykolaivna; Маклюк Ольга Миколаївна; Fatiukha Yaroslava; Фатюха Ярослава
    The article aims to analyze the correlation of the ideological context of historical narratives and memorial discourse with the national strategy and foreign policy practices in a historical retrospective, using Ukraine as a case study. Scientific novelty. The article analyzes the changes in the use of historical narrative in Ukraine’s national strategy and some practices of Ukraine’s foreign policy; it examines the most important topics of historical memorial discourse since 2014, when Ukraine chose the Euro-Atlantic geopolitical vector and claimed its historical affinity with European countries. Conclusions. The way the past is represented is crucial for Ukraine in the process of forming a modern nation. The article emphasizes the importance of considering Ukraine’s historical policy and representations of the past, both in the international arena while preserving the country’s ethnocultural basis, and in incorporating Ukraine’s historical past into the European historical narrative. The article notes that historical discourse changed with Ukraine’s shift towards European and Euro-Atlantic integration, disrupting Russia’s geopolitical strategy and leading to open expansion. The article has identified that among the narratives that aimed to prove Ukraine’s historical proximity to European countries and/or historical/mental/cultural differences with Russia and reinforced the Euro-Atlantic geopolitical choice, in addition to those already traditionally analysed by researchers, are the issues of (1)the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921 was a manifestation of the struggle for independence and unity of Ukraine, continuation of the traditions of national statehood; (2)condemnation of the crimes of the communist totalitarian regime, primarily the demand for recognition of the Holodomor of 1932-1933, as a systematic act of genocide against Ukrainians committed by the leadership of the Soviet Union.The article has noted the presence of controversial historical themes and figures such as the image of Stepan Bandera and the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the danger of using issues of national memory in information propaganda in the international arena.