Recorded March 2, 2024
Shevchenko Scientific Society, NY, USA
The report is dedicated to highlighting the importance and role of Ukrainian archives in the processes of state formation, preservation of national memory and identity, as well as threats that historically existed and were connected with Russia’s imperial, aggressive policy and were actualized with new force in the course of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.
The general outline of the process of creation, preservation and transfer of Ukrainian archives in the whirlwind of events of national state formation and the Second World War will be characterized.
The main focus will be on the assessment of the situation and challenges related to the preservation of archives and documentary heritage in the conditions of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, which are faced today by government authorities, society, and archivists of Ukraine, and require greater cooperation and support of the international community.
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