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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Cover -- The Conflict in Ukraine -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Map -- 1 Why Ukraine? -- What is the Maidan, and what made it top news around the world? -- How and why did Russia annex the Crimea from Ukraine? -- Why did fighting break out in eastern Ukraine in the spring of 2014? -- Why did the Ukrainian crisis cause tensions between Russia and the West? -- 2 The Land and the People -- What is Ukraine's geographical location, and what natural resources and industry does it possess? -- What is Ukraine's demography and ethnic composition? |
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Who are the Ukrainians, and what is modern Ukrainian national identity? -- Is it true that Ukraine is split into pro-Western and pro-Russian halves? -- How large is the Ukrainian diaspora, and what role does it play in North American politics? -- 3 The Making of Modern Ukraine -- Was Ukraine always part of Russia? -- What was the medieval state of Kyivan Rus, and was it a Russian or Ukrainian polity? -- Who were the Cossacks? -- Is it true that Ukraine was "reunited" with Russia in 1654? -- Who was Ivan Mazepa, and why is he considered a "traitor" in Russia? |
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What were Russia's imperial policies in Ukraine? -- Did the Austrian Empire govern its Ukrainian lands differently? -- What happened in the Ukrainian lands during the revolutionary turmoil of 1917-1920? -- Why did the Bolsheviks create a Ukrainian republic within the Soviet Union, and how did they determine its borders? -- What was the Holodomor (the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933), and was it genocide? -- Is it true that all the Ukrainian lands were united in a single polity for the first time under Stalin? -- What is Babi Yar, and how did the Holocaust unfold in Ukraine? |
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Who was Stepan Bandera, and what was the Ukrainian Insurgent Army? -- What were the Soviet policies in Ukraine during the postwar period? -- Who were the dissidents, and how did they contribute to the collapse of communism? -- Why did the Chernobyl accident happen, and what was its impact on Ukraine? -- 4 Ukraine after Communism -- Did the Ukrainians have to fight the Russians in order to secede from the Soviet Union? -- What is the Commonwealth of Independent States? -- When and why did Ukraine give up its nuclear arsenal? |
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What were Ukraine's relations with the West and Russia in the first decade after independence? -- Did the presidents of independent Ukraine promote a united national identity? -- What religions came to prominence in Ukraine after the Soviet collapse? -- How did independent Ukraine become an inefficient economy and a paragon of crony capitalism? -- Who are the oligarchs? -- Is Ukraine dependent on Russian gas supplies? -- 5 The Orange Revolution and the EuroMaidan -- What did the two recent revolutions in Ukraine (2004 and 2013-2014) have in common? |
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Why did mass protests against President Kuchma develop in the early 2000s, and who led them? |
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9780190237271 |
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