The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory ( uk, Український Інститут Національної Пам’яті, UINM), also translated as the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, is the central executive body operating under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Established on 31 May 2006 as a special organ for the restoration and preservation of national memory of the Ukrainian people. From 2006 to 2010, it was a central governmental institution with a special status, while from 2010 to 2014 a research budget institution.

History

On 9 December 2010, the UINR was discontinued by a decree issued by

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of D ...

and on the same day the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine created the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance as a research institution instead, within the budget from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. According to historian Georgiy Kasianov, the Institute of National Memory from 2015 was under control of Ukrainian nationalist forces, specifically Center for Research of the Liberation Movement. These forces, which were not popular in Ukraine and which never managed well in the national elections, suddenly received a significant instrument to influence Ukrainian education and politics. This influence was blown up by Russian propaganda and used as one of the pretexts of the

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Directors

Ihor Yukhnovskyi Ihor Yukhnovskyi ( uk, Iгор Рафаïлович Юхновський; also Yukhnovsky; born 1 September 1925) is a Ukrainian physicist and politician, and a member of the Presidium of Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine. Life bef ...

, from 22 May 2006 to 18 July 2010. *

Valeriy Soldatenko The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...

, from 19 July 2010 to 24 March 2014. *

Volodymyr Viatrovych Volodymyr Mykhailovych Viatrovych ( uk, Володи́мир Михайлович В'ятро́вич; born 7 July 1977) is a Ukrainian historian, civic activist and politician. Viatrovych was the Director of the Center for Research of Liberation ...

( uk, Володи́мир В'ятро́вич), from 25 March 2014 to 3 December 2019. * Anton Drobovych ( uk, Антон Дробович), from 4 December 2019.Who is Ukraine's new head of Institute of National Remembrance?
112 Ukraine (5 December 2019) *

Alina Shpak Alina Volodymyrivna Shpak (born 24 December 1980, Lutsk) is a Ukrainian archivist. From 2019 to 2020 she was acting director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. She is a leader in Decommunization in Ukraine. Life and work Shpak gra ...

(acting director), 2020

Decommunization of Ukraine

In May 2015, President

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko se ...

signed four laws concerning

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. The institute's director

was involved in the drafting of two of these laws. The criminal sentences imposed by these acts and their phrasing came in for criticism within the country and abroad. The law "On access to the archives of repressive bodies of the communist totalitarian regime from 1917–1991" placed the state archives concerning repression during the Soviet period under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance.

References

External links

Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance on YouTube
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Official site of Ukrainian Institute of National Memory
{{Authority control 2006 establishments in Ukraine Cultural organizations based in Ukraine Platform of European Memory and Conscience History organizations based in Ukraine Commemoration of communist crimes

History

Directors

Decommunization of Ukraine

See also

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