Essays RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR: The tragedy of the cultural heritage of Ukraine

This article exposes the extent of Russian cultural aggression: the looting of museums and appropriation of items of the Ukrainian museum foundation, the damage to and demolition of archaeological sites of Ukraine, the explosion of the Kakhovka dam and the consequences of this disaster for Ukrainian cultural heritage, and the cultural erasure of Crimean Tatars.

Published in the printed edition of Baltic Worlds BW 2024:4. pages 14-22
Published on balticworlds.com on December 10, 2024

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This article exposes the extent of Russian cultural aggression: the looting of museums and appropriation of items of the Ukrainian museum foundation, the damage to and demolition of archaeological sites of Ukraine, the explosion of the Kakhovka dam and the consequences of this disaster for Ukrainian cultural heritage, and the cultural erasure of Crimean Tatars.

KEYWORDS: Cultural heritage, museums, Crimea.

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Elmira Ablyalimova et al

by Elmira Ablyalimova et al

Elmira Ablyalimova is a project coordinator of the Crimean Institute for Strategic Studies. Oleksamdr Symonenko, Dr. habil. is a Chief Research Fellow at the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Serhii Telizhenko, Dr., is a Scientific secretary of the Institute of Archaeology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Denys Yashny, Dr., is a Chief Research Fellow at the Department of Art Heritage Studies, National Kiev-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Preserve Ukraine.
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