Діяльність Українського інституту національної пам’яті щодо збереження пам’яті про сучасну російсько-українську війну у 2014–2021 роках

The activities of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance in preserving the memory of the modern Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014–2021 (from the beginning of Russian aggression against Ukraine to the transition of the Russian Federation to a full-scale war of aggression against our country) are analyzed in this paper. The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, as a central executive body responsible for implementing state policy on national memory restoration and preservation, is tasked with carrying out a range of measures to honor individuals who defended Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, as well as those involved in anti-terrorist operations.

The activities of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance related to preserving the memory of the modern Russian-Ukrainian war can be categorized into several key directions: 1) memorialization of the feats of Ukrainian defenders who died in combat conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war (changing the names of settlements in honor of Ukrainian defenders; development the project of a typical memorial plaque to the fighters for the freedom of Ukraine; cooperation with museums of various levels on the creation of expositions about the modern Russian-Ukrainian war and Ukrainian heroes; artistic (photo exhibitions) and religious and ceremonial (commemoration) events; participation in the development of a military funeral ritual); 2) conducting informational and educational activities (holding open discussions, forums, round tables; public lectures for civilians and military personnel; a series of events «Let’s do our bit» on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the liberation of cities in eastern Ukraine from the Russian occupiers; production and distribution of informational educational video materials, in particular about military women who died in the Russian-Ukrainian war; the educational project «Dialogues about the war»; the action «Sunflowers of Memory»; development of the resource «Virtual Museum of Russian Aggression»); 3) formation of an archive of memories of participants and eyewitnesses of the war (the «Oral History of the ATO» project; collection and publication of memories of participants and eyewitnesses of the Russian-Ukrainian war); 4) formation and addition of a database on dead servicemen in the modern Russian-Ukrainian war, as well as accounting of the sectors of military burials in cemeteries in populated areas of Ukraine (by the end of 2021, 4,496 dead (deceased) servicemen were registered; 523 sectors where 1,694 were buried were registered dead (deceased) persons who participated in the defense of Ukraine during the Anti-Terrorist Operation / Joint Forces Operation.