title: Legislating Historical Memory in Post-Soviet Ukraine
abstract: Abstract The decommunization laws adopted in Ukraine in 2015 provoked a number of concerns regarding the freedom of academic research and the potentially divisive effects of the new legislation on the Ukrainian society. The proponents of the decommunization laws, in turn, were referring to the Russian hybrid aggression and security concerns. This chapter addresses current controversies around the legislation of historical memory in war-torn Ukraine which is facing the difficult challenge of pres