Volodymyr Viatrovych

Volodymyr Viatrovych
Volodymyr Viatrovych with a copy of his book Друга польсько-українська війна

Volodymyr Viatrovych (Ukrainian: Володи́мир В'ятро́вич; born 7 July 1977) is a Ukrainian historian researching the Ukrainian independence movement. Director of Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance from 25 March 2014.[1] Candidate of Sciences in historical sciences, director of Center for Research of Liberation Movement in Lviv, member of supervisory board of Museum "Lontskyi Prison"; in years 2008-2010 director of the Archives of the Security Service of Ukraine.[2] Since 2010 he gives lectures at the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University.[3]

Publications

Monographs

Collective works

Decorations

Criticism

His book "Ставлення ОУН до євреїв: формування позиції на тлі катастрофи" ("The OUN's position towards the Jews: Formulation of a position against the backdrop of a catastrophe") has been criticized by John-Paul Himka, Taras Kurylo,[5] Per Anders Rudling[3] and Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe.[6] The critics claim that this book is an attempt to deny the crimes of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) on Jews[7][8][6] and to dismiss the allegations of its anti-Semitism.[3][6][9] In the opinion of Kurylo and Himka, this work does less to understanding history, but does much to distort it, however it contains an interesting material and forms the basis for further discussions on the relationship of the OUN and UPA to Jews.[10]

The book "Друга польсько-українська війна. 1942—1947" ("The Second Polish-Ukrainian war. 1942-1947") was met with criticism from historians Ihor Ilyushyn,[11] Andrij Portnov,[12] Grzegorz Motyka,[13][14] Andrzej Zięba,[15] Per Anders Rudling,[16] Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe,[6] Andrzej Leon Sowa[17] and Grzegorz Hryciuk.[18] In the book V.Viatrovych presented his interpretation of the Polish-Ukrainian conflict during the years 1939-1947, including massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, as a war between Poles and Ukrainians. According to Portnov, Viatrovych tries to prove that there was no order of OUN’s leadership for the extermination of the Polish minority, and the killings in Volhynia were a spontaneous rebellion of Ukrainian peasants, provoked by the Poles.[19] According to Motyka, Viatrovych achieves this goal by rhetorical devices and by ignoring inconvenient facts.[20] According to Andrzej Zięba, the book passes over or outright falsifies certain materials in aim to "absolve" OUN-UPA and to rally Ukrainians around nationalist positions.[21] Also Andrii Portnov argues that the aim of the book serves UPA apologetics and political motives.[19]

The critics of the book claim that by using word "war" in regard to relations between Poles and Ukrainians the author tries to hide the OUN-UPA's ethnic cleansing of the Polish population.[22][23] According to Rossoliński-Liebe and Rudling, the way Viatrovych denies crimes against Poles differs little from his denial of anti-Jewish violence.[6][23] Rudling recommends "The Second Polish-Ukrainian war" to the readers only as an object of comparative studies of far-right revisionism and obfuscation.[23] In the opinion of Hryciuk, the version of the events presented in the book is untrue.[24]

Motyka states that the book is gaining in value in the section on the SS-Galizien Division and the fate of the Ukrainian population in Poland in the years 1945-1947.[25] However, as a whole he considers it as unsuccessful work.[26] A similar position is expressed by Sowa.[27]

Portnov notes that "The Second Polish-Ukrainian war" was met in Western Ukraine with enthusiasm and without critical opinions.[28]

Literature

References

  1. ↑ The New Director of the Ukrainian National Memory Institute: Historical Memory Policy is a Safeguard Against Repeating the Crimes of the Past
  2. ↑ Authors of the book Українська Повстанська Армія: історія нескорених
  3. 1 2 3 Per A. Rudling, The OUN, the UPA and the Holocaust: A Study in the Manufacturing of Historical Myths, The Carl Beck Papers in Russian & East European Studies, No. 2107, November 2011, ISSN 0889-275X, pp.28-31
  4. ↑ President of Ukraine Decree No. 1100/2009 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України»
  5. ↑ Taras Kuryło, John-Paul Himka, “Iak OUN stavylasia do ievreiv? Rozdumy nad knyzhkoiu Volodymyra Viatrovycha”, Ukraina Moderna 13 (2008), pp.252-265
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe, Debating, obfuscating and disciplining the Holocaust: post-Soviet historical discourses on the OUN–UPA and other nationalist movements, East European Jewish Affairs, 42:3, pp. 207-208
  7. ↑ Per A. Rudling, The OUN, the UPA and the Holocaust..., p. 29
  8. ↑ John-Paul Himka, True and False Lessons from the Nachtigall Episode
  9. ↑ Taras Kuryło, John-Paul Himka, “Iak OUN stavylasia do ievreiv?..., p.265
  10. ↑ Taras Kuryło, John-Paul Himka, “Iak OUN stavylasia do ievreiv?..., p.264
  11. ↑ Игорь Ильюшин, Плохо забытое старое: о новой книге Владимира Вятровича, Ab Imperio, 1/2012, pp.382-385
  12. ↑ Андрей Портнов, "Истории для домашнего употребления", Ab Imperio 3/12, p.324-334
  13. ↑ Гжегож Мотыка, Неудачная книга, Ab Imperio, 1/2012, pp.387-400.
  14. ↑ Grzegorz Motyka, W krainie uproszczeń, Nowa Europa Wschodnia 1/2013, pp. 97-101 Ukrainian online version
  15. ↑ Анджей Земба, Мифологизированная “война”, Ab Imperio, 1/2012, pp. 403-421
  16. ↑ Per Anders Rudling, Warfare or War Criminality?, Volodymyr V’iatrovych, Druha pol’s’ko-ukains’ka viina, 1942–1947 (Kyiv: Vydavnychyi dim “Kyevo-Mohylians’ka akademiia,” 2011). 228 pp., Ab Imperio, 1/2012, pp. 356-381
  17. ↑ Andrzej Leon Sowa, recenzja książek: Polśko-ukrajinśki stosunki w 1942-1947 rokach u dokumentach OUN ta UPA, red. Wołodymyr Wiatrowycz oraz Wołodymyr Wiatrowycz, Druha polśko-ukrajinśka wijna 1942-1947, [in:] „Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość”, nr 21, pp. 450-460.
  18. ↑ Grzegorz Hryciuk, recenzja książki: Wołodymyr Wiatrowycz, Druha polśko-ukrajinśka wijna 1942-1947, [in:] „Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość” nr 21, pp. 460-471
  19. 1 2 Андрей Портнов, "Истории для домашнего употребления", p.327
  20. ↑ Гжегож Мотыка, Неудачная книга, pp. 389, 392, 399
  21. ↑ Анджей Земба, Мифологизированная “война”, pp. 405, 419
  22. ↑ Гжегож Мотыка, Неудачная книга, pp. 399
  23. 1 2 3 Per Anders Rudling, Warfare or War Criminality?..., p.379
  24. ↑ Grzegorz Hryciuk, recenzja książki..., p. 471
  25. ↑ Гжегож Мотыка, Неудачная книга, p. 399
  26. ↑ Гжегож Мотыка, Неудачная книга, p.400.
  27. ↑ Andrzej Leon Sowa, recenzja książek..., p.459
  28. ↑ Андрей Портнов (Andriy Portnov), "Истории для домашнего употребления" (Histories for home use), p. 326. Ab Imperio,3/2012. Abstract.

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