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The purpose of this research is to justify the feasibility of developing a new theoretical model of memory studies and effective methodological tools for studying the Ukrainian mnemonic space in the context of the russian-Ukrainian war, based on the need to correct them and practically counteract the historical propaganda of the aggressor country, the RF. Research methodology. The proposed study was conducted using methodological approaches from memory studies and comparative historiography, which made it possible to identify and describe existing and promising theoretical models for studying the mnemonic sphere. The productivity of the theoretical paradigms themselves was determined through empirical verification of the initial scientific hypothesis about the extreme memory regime in conditions of aggression. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the redefinition of existing theoretical approaches and methodological tools of memory studies, which is caused by new challenges faced by researchers in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine. The proposed deconstruction of the theoretical foundations of the model of “post-Soviet nationalist conflict” and the concepts of “Western epistemological colonialism.” Conclusions. The necessity of overcoming a systemic methodological error is ignoring the fact of russian aggression, not only military but also memorial – is argued. It is proposed to abandon the description of memory politics as antagonistic within the framework of the model of “post-Soviet nationalist conflict.” A more productive and promising alternative is considered: the theoretical model of memory of “different civilizations,” namely the conflict between the Central and Eastern European culture of memory and the Eurasian one. It is assumed that such an approach could bring us closer to exhausting the potential of antagonistic memory and open up opportunities for the formation of a culture of agonistic memory. It is proposed to focus on the analysis of the transformation of different types of mnemonic actors (actors of memory) and modes of memory. It is substantiated that the deconstruction of the repressive type of historical memory discourse of the aggressor state, the RF, is of both theoretical scientific and practical social interest.
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