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Two-thirds of Poles consider interpretations of history as 'weak area' of relations with Ukraine – study
KYIV. Sept 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Two-thirds of Polish respondents called the interpretation of history "a weak area" of Polish-Ukrainian relations, according to the results of the sociological survey entitled "Poles and Ukrainians in Daily Contacts" conducted by the Polish company MASMI and the Ukrainian InfoSapiens.
"The memory of the tragic massacres in Volyn overshadowed the Polish-Ukrainian relations in the early 2000s. We expected that historical memory would be reflected in the responses to our survey, especially from the Polish side. Indeed, two-thirds of Polish respondents called the interpretation of history a weak area of Polish-Ukrainian relations, and for 83% of them, visits to Ukraine only exacerbated the situation," the survey says.
However, only 10% of respondents noted that history is something that amend Polish-Ukrainian relations, and only a few believe that this should be a priority in the future. In the Ukrainian sample, only 87 people answered questions about common history.
The organizers of the sociological study were the representative office of The Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Ukraine and Poland, Jan Nowak-Jezioranski College of Eastern Europe in Wroclaw, Foreign Policy Council Ukrainian Prism.
The study was conducted by the Polish company MASMI and the Ukrainian InfoSapiens in parallel in both countries in December 2020 using the online interview method (CAWI) with representative samples from Poland (1,051 respondents) and Ukraine (2,243 respondents).
