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March 12, 2026Ukraina Moderna0 citationsOpen Access

History as a Narrative of the People: The Maniak Collection as a Source for the Social and Cultural History of the Holodomor

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OKOlga KlymenkoОКОльга Клименко

Key Points

  • The central aim is to analyze the Maniak Collection as a valuable resource for understanding the social and cultural history of the Holodomor.
  • Analysis of the Maniak Collection's written accounts from 1988–89
  • Examination of contributions from the general public
  • Assessment of the impact of the collection on cultural memory.
  • The collection reveals personal narratives that enrich the historical account of Holodomor.
  • It provides insights into the collective memory and cultural identity surrounding the famine.
  • The efforts of Volodymyr Maniak and Lidiia Kovalenko-Maniak are highlighted as critical to the collection's success.

Abstract

The Maniak Collection icomprises written accounts about the 1932–33 famine, submitted by members of the general public in late 1988–89 in response to a first public call in Ukraine to contribute personal recollections to a “people’s memorial” to the 1932–33 famine. The collection is named after Volodymyr Maniak who, along with his spouse and co-editor, Lidiia Kovalenko-Maniak, was instrumental in gathering the accounts and spearheading the publication of the ground-breaking memorial book 33-ii: Holod: Narodna Knyha-Memorial (1991).

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Klymenko et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b2580996eeacc4fcec73f2https://doi.org/10.3138/ukrainamoderna.30-31.080
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