“The Ukrainian 1920s: National Revival or Tragedy?” Theses for the Discussion

During the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the National Art Museum of Ukraine, the author of the article moderated a discussion on the topic “The Ukrainian 1920s: National Revival or Tragedy?”. The event featured a discussion of various aspects of Ukrainian modernism in the 1920s and 1930s. For the first stage of the discussion, the researchers who took part in it worked out the main facts and their reception. The following issues were discussed: 1. “National revival” as the development of Ukrainian identity: processes, movements, phenomena; 2. Chronological limits of the “national revival”; 3. New identity of the “national revival”: Ukrainian, Soviet, or “socialist realist.”