Stalin's Empire of Memory

Serhy Yekelchyk is an associate professor in the Departments of Germanic and Russian Studies and the Department of History at the University of Victoria.

“Yekelchyk’s account is a model of archival research and clear exposition.” - Timothy Snyder (American Historical Review) “By masterfully integrating theories of collective memory with archival research and by detailing the party’s compromises with the past, Yekelchyk has produced a rich and thought-provoking assessment of the politics of memory in Soviet Ukraine.” - George O. Liber (Journal of Modern History) “Yekelchyk’s investigation of the ‘creation’ of Soviet Ukraine is nothing less than an interdisciplinary tour de force that supplies fascinating insight into the party’s accidental role in the formation of the USSR’s successor states.” - David Brandenberger (Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire) “Of significant interest to the broader scholarly audience interested in problems of nationalism, colonialism, and imperialism, as well as to college students beginning to explore these issues.” - Denis Kozlov (Canadian Slavonic Papers / Revue canadienne des slavistes)