THE 1939–44 SOVIET-FINNISH RELATIONS IN THE UKRAINIAN POST-SOVIET HISTORY WRITING

Abstract

: The Ukrainian post-Soviet researches of the Soviet-Finnish relations during the WWII are analysed. The general trends of the WWII historiography in the post-Soviet Ukraine are outlined. The article focuses on the Ukrainian historians’ views of the ‘Ukrainian factor’ in the Winter War (1939–1940) and the Continuation War (1941– 1944).