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Author Yekelchyk, Serhy.
Title The conflict in Ukraine.
Publication Info Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.


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Contents 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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Why did mass protests against President Kuchma develop in the early 2000s, and who led them?
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ISBN 9780190237271
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Author Yekelchyk, Serhy.
Series What everyone needs to know
What everyone needs to know
Subject Regionalism -- Political aspects -- Ukraine.
Descript 1 online resource (209 p.)
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Contents 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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Why did mass protests against President Kuchma develop in the early 2000s, and who led them?
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780190237271
Author Yekelchyk, Serhy.
Series What everyone needs to know
What everyone needs to know
Subject Regionalism -- Political aspects -- Ukraine.

Subject Regionalism -- Political aspects -- Ukraine.
Descript 1 online resource (209 p.)
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Contents 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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Why did mass protests against President Kuchma develop in the early 2000s, and who led them?
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