Ukrainians began to treat the figure of Bandera better: what other leaders are perceived positively

Ukrainians began to treat the figure of Bandera better: what other leaders are perceived positively/Collage of Channel 24

In recent years, there has been a positive trend in Ukraine regarding Ukrainian historical figures, around whom there were heated discussions in society a decade ago.

Due to Soviet and Russian propaganda, some citizens had an extremely negative attitude towards Ukrainian historical figures. However, the situation is changing every year.

Ukrainians stop believing in the lies of Russian propagandists, because Russia's war against Ukraine clearly demonstrates how the aggressors skillfully distort reality.

Whom do Ukrainians perceive most positively

More than 90% of Ukrainians unequivocally positively perceive Bogdan Khmelnytsky and Mikhail Hrushevsky.

In particular, attitudes towards Ivan Mazepa (in 2012 – 44%, in 2022 – 76%) and Simon Petlyura (in 2012 – 26%, in 2022 – 49%) gradually improved.

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Dynamics of attitude towards the OUN-UPA among Ukrainians/Infographic “Rating”

Attitude towards the OUN-UPA by regions of Ukraine/Infographic “Rating”

Bandera began to like Ukrainians much more

Ukrainians began to treat Stepan Bandera much better. If in 2012 it was supported only by 22%, then in 2022 it was already 74%.

It is important that a good attitude towards the ideologist of Ukrainian nationalism now prevails in the southeastern regions as well. Even among those people who communicate exclusively in Russian in everyday life.

But the attitude towards Soviet leaders in the last decade was mostly negative and worsened especially sharply in 2022. Over the past 5 – 8 years, the attitude towards Lenin has deteriorated by half, and towards Stalin – three times. Now only 13% have a positive attitude towards Lenin, and 7% towards Stalin.

Attitude of Ukrainians towards various historical figures in April 2022/Infographic “Rating” Help.< /strong> The survey was conducted on April 27, 2022 among Ukrainians aged 18 and over from different regions of Ukraine, except for the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbass. A total of 1,000 respondents took part in the survey.