Paper short abstract:

Using an example of Petrykivka painting as a case study, this paper illustrates the current tendencies and problems of protecting and practicing intangible cultural heritage during the war in Ukraine.

Paper long abstract:

Discussions about the issues of heritage protection and ownership of culture have become especially heated with the russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. In the process of re-writing imperial Soviet historical narrative and re-claiming their national and cultural identity, it is very important for Ukrainians to mark and defend their geographical and cultural borders. Heritagization plays an extremely important role in this process. In this paper, I am going deploy the tools of critical heritage studies and use an example of Petrykivka painting as a case study to illustrate the current tendencies and problems of protecting - and practicing - intangible cultural heritage during the times of war: first, russian invasion to the Donbas region, close to the village of Petrykivka, and currently – during the full-scale russian war on Ukraine.