ARCHAEOLOGICAL THEMATICS ON THE PAGES OF UKRAINIAN- LANGUAGE PRESS DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION

Abstract

The proposed article aims to give a general idea of the publications contained in the Ukrainian-language newspaper periodicals of the Nazi occupation, which the archaeological subjects have been presented in. The materials of the 1941–1943 period on the pages of publications presented in different regions of occupied Ukraine and abroad became the object of research. Relevant publications mentioned in newspapers have been published in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Berlin, Krakow, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Rivne, Yuzivka, Proskuriv, Kirovohrad, Berdyansk, Nikopol, Lubny, Uman, Berdychiv, Vasylkiv, Gadyach, Romny, Starokostiantyniv, Bobrynets, Chudnov.

The considered publications have been structured by the author according to the following directions:

- information about the archeological excavations and finds in Ukraine during the occupation period and in the years immediately preceding it;

- reports on the archeological excavations and finds in the world at the same period;

- diverse publications on the history and culture of Ukraine with using materials of archaeological researches;

- articles involving the archaeological context, which promoted the superiority of the ancient Germans culture;

- information about the archeological activity of the museums of Ukraine of that time;

- paragraphs dedicated to the domestic scientists who had significant achievements in the field of archeology;

- publications that popularized the world’s most famous archaeological finds and their researchers.

It had been found that the ideological orientation of some of the materials was due to the occupiers’ desire to use archeology to confirm their territorial claims and substantiate the historical role of the ancient Germans, who allegedly enriched other nations with their culture through migrations and conquests. Some publications involving archeological issues reflected the internal Ukrainian context more or had an ideologically neutral color.