Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/327690 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 12080
Publisher: 
Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research - CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
State-led repression of minority identities is a well-documented phenomenon, yet its implications for national identity remain understudied. We examine how the Soviet state-induced famine (1932–33) shapes contemporary Ukrainian national identity through vertical (familial) and horizontal (community/state) transmission. Using newly geocoded individual-level data, we find that individuals from high-famine-exposure areas are more likely to identify as Ukrainian. We document that under Soviet rule, family networks preserved identity, while church closures weakened community transmission. After independence, state-led remembrance efforts, revitalized horizontal transmission. Our findings show how repression and remembrance shape identity persistence and reflect the famine's lasting influence on Ukrainian-Russian relations.
Subjects: 
political repression
national identity
intergenerational transmission
historical memory
trade
conflict
JEL: 
D74
N44
P20
P35
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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