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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Wilson, Andrew (1961-....)
Titre(s) : The Ukrainians [Texte imprimé] : the story of how a people became a nation / Andrew Wilson
Édition : New edition
Publication : New Haven (Conn.) : Yale University Press, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-434 p.) : ill., cartes ; 20 cm
Note(s) : "Earlier editions of this book was subtitled the "unexpected nation.". - Notes bibliogr.
p. [385]-422. Index. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-422) and index
As in many postcommunist states, politics in Ukraine revolves around the issue of
national identity. Ukrainian nationalists see themselves as one of the world's oldest
and most civilized peoples, as “older brothers” to the younger Russian culture.Yet
Ukraine became independent only in 1991, and Ukrainians often feel like a minority
in their own country, where Russian is still the main language heard on the streets
of the capital, Kiev. This book is a comprehensive guide to modern Ukraine and to
the versions of its past propagated by both Russians and Ukrainians. Andrew Wilson
provides the most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available of the Ukrainians
and their country.Concentrating on the complex relation between Ukraine and Russia,
the book begins with the myth of common origin in the early medieval era, then looks
closely at the Ukrainian experience under the tsars and Soviets, the experience of
minorities in the country, and the path to independence in 1991. Wilson also considers
the history of Ukraine since 1991 and the continuing disputes over identity, culture,
and religion. He examines the economic collapse under the first president, Leonid
Kravchuk, and the attempts at recovery under his successor, Leonid Kuchma. Wilson
explores the conflicts in Ukrainian society between the country's Eurasian roots and
its Western aspirations, as well as the significance of the presidential election
of November 1999.
Sujet(s) : Nationalisme -- Ukraine -- 1990-2020
Politique et gouvernement -- Ukraine -- 1991-2004
Indice(s) Dewey :
947.706 1 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Ukraine - 1991-2014
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300269406 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47310342x
Notice n° :
FRBNF47310342
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Contesting national origins: Lays of Ancient Rus -- ; The armies of Gog and Magog:
Myths of Ukrainian antiquity -- ; Neither fish nor fowl: Between Poland and Russia
-- ; The Cossacks: Defenders of the wild field, defenders of the faith -- ; Ukraine,
Russia, and Rossiia -- ; The Habsburg alternative -- ; The twentieth century: Peasants
into Ukrainians? -- ; Independence: Gained or gifted? -- ; Politics: Developing the
rules of the game -- ; Imagining Ukrainians: One Ukraine or many? -- ; Angels and
pins: Ukrainian religion -- ; The IMF's red pencil: Ukraine's economic black hole
-- ; Imagining Ukraine: Towards a theory of Ukrainian geopolitics -- ; The orange
revolution and its aftermath -- ; Yanukovych's disastrous presidency: Another attempt
at revolution ends in war -- ; Poroshenko and Zelenskyi -- ; Putin and War.
