Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union
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Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union

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  2. English
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Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union

About this book

This book chronicles the final two decades in the history of the Soviet Union and presents a story that is often lost in the standard interpretations of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Although there were numerous reasons for the collapse of communism, it did not happen—as it may have seemed to some—overnight. Indeed, says Roman Szporluk, the root causes go back even earlier than 1917. To understand why the USSR broke up the way it did, it is necessary to understand the relationship between the two most important nations of the USSR—Russia and Ukraine—during the Soviet period and before, as well as the parallel but interrelated processes of nation formation in both states. Szporluk details a number of often-overlooked factors leading to the USSR's fall: how the processes of Russian identity formation were not completed by the time of the communist takeover in 1917, the unification of Ukraine in 1939–1945, and the Soviet period failing to find a resolution of the question of Russian-Ukrainian relations. The present-day conflict in the Caucasus, he asserts, is a sign that the problems of Russian identity remain.

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Information

Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9780817995485
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
Russian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Half Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword Wayne S. Vucinich
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. A Note on Transliteration
  10. Introduction
  11. 1. Nationalities and the Russian Problem in the USSR: A Historical Outline
  12. 2. The Nations of the USSR in 1970
  13. 3. Russians in Ukraine and Problems of Ukrainian Identity in the USSR
  14. 4. West Ukraine and West Belorussia: Historical Tradition, Social Communication, and Linguistic Assimilation
  15. 5. Urbanization in Ukraine since the Second World War
  16. 6. History and Russian Nationalism
  17. 7. Dilemmas of Russian Nationalism
  18. 8. The Imperial Legacy and the Soviet Nationalities Problem
  19. 9. The Soviet West—or Far Eastern Europe?
  20. 10. The Press and Soviet Nationalities: The Party Resolution of 1975 and Its Implementation
  21. 11. The Strange Politics of Lviv: An Essay in Search of an Explanation
  22. 12. Nation-Building in Ukraine: Problems and Prospects
  23. 13. Reflections on Ukraine after 1994: The Dilemmas of Nationhood
  24. 14. After Empire: What?
  25. 15. Ukraine: From an Imperial Periphery to a Sovereign State
  26. 16. The Fall of the Tsarist Empire and the USSR: The Russian Question and Imperial Overextension
  27. Index
  28. About the Author