Cultural Expansion

Cultural expansion is the process of russia's slow and gradual occupation of Ukrainian cultural life, displacement of specific phenomena from Ukrainian culture, and either their appropriation or replacement with their own. Everyone has heard about Ukrainian bans, knows about the russification of Ukrainian television or the destruction of historical architecture in Soviet times. However, far fewer people imagine the scale of this expansion and the depth of russian influence on every sphere of cultural life.

The anthology presents a multidimensional picture of russia's aggressive behavior in the Ukrainian cultural field — from the 18th century to today, from church architecture to television advertising.