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Ukrainianization, terror and famine: Coverage in Lviv's Dilo and the nationalist press of the 1930s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Myroslav Shkandrij
Myroslav Shkandrij*
Affiliation:
Department of German and Slavic Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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∗Email: shkandr@cc.umanitoba.ca
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Abstract

This article looks at the press coverage of Ukrainianization, the Soviet terror, and the famine (Holodomor), particularly in the years 1932–33, focusing on the largest Ukrainian daily outside Soviet Ukraine, the Lviv Dilo. It compares this coverage to the reporting in the press of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). It argues that these two years were a turning point in political attitudes. Galician Ukrainians turned away from the Communist Party of Ukraine and support for the OUN began to grow. Ironically, the OUN had not led protests against the famine, but benefited from the lack of a strong response from European governments and international bodies. The article draws on a reading of the Ukrainian press of the 1930s, and on recent research by Polish and Ukrainian scholars.

Keywords

Ukrainian nationalismGalician press1930sfamine and terrorUkrainianization
Type
Special Section: The Autonomy of Minority Literature
Information
Nationalities Papers , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 431 - 451
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Copyright © 2012 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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