Культура памяти армянских общин Восточной Европы и влияние на нее исторической политики и национальных проектов в современном этапе

The article examines several examples of different historical narratives (Pan-Ar menian, regional and national) about the Armenian communities of Belarus, Po land and Ukraine under the influence of national modern traditions, the historical policies of the states of Eastern Europe, as well as their influence on the culture of memory of the Armenian communities of this region. The intersection of these different historical narratives creates conflicts and contradictions. The situation is complicated by the fragile and unstable system of “majority-minority” relations, as well as the ideological attitudes of these states. The article analyzes several ex amples that allow us to outline and characterize points of contradiction in the above-mentioned narratives: a discussion about the legitimacy of the terminology “Ukrainian Armenians” during the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (16th–18th centuries) as opposed to the concept of “Polish Armenians”; an example of the “difficult” legacy of the Soviet-Polish war of 1919–1921, in which Armenians par ticipated on both sides; a case of contact between the national historical narrative of Belarus and the cultural influence of Leon and Jan Madzharski. As a result, virtually no one is interested in discussing more complex and hybrid historical processes and non-linear ethnic processes, or the formation of new, contradictory historical narratives.