Russian nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War autocracy-orthodoxy-nationality / Taras Kuzio.

Author/creator Kuzio, Taras
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2022.
Descriptionpages cm.
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Portion of title Autocracy-orthodoxy-nationality
SeriesEuropa country perspectives
Contents Civic, ethnic, or civic-ethnic states: a discussion of theoretical concepts -- Russia and Ukraine in comparative perspective -- Emigres, dissidents and Soviets -- Boris Yeltsyn: Liberalism, tanks, and unions -- Vladimir Putin: "Gatherer of Russian lands" -- Democrats and the 'Red-White-Brown' coalition -- Messianism, 'Holy Rus,' and the Russian world -- Russia's 'Jerusalem': Crimea, and 'New Russia' -- Conclusions.
Abstract "This book is the first to provide an in-depth understanding of the 2014 crisis, Russia's annexation of Crimea and Europe's only war between Russia and Ukraine. The book provides a historical and contemporary understanding behind President Vladimir Putin Russia's obsession with Ukraine and why Western opprobrium and sanctions have not deterred Russian military aggression. The book provides a wealth of detail about Russia's inability in the Tsarist Empire, Soviet Union and since 1991 in accepting Ukraine as an independent country and Ukrainians as a separate people, pointing to the sources of this unacceptance and Putin's obsession in Russian national identity. A post-imperial Russian civic identity grounded in the Russian Federation was unpopular and has been dwarfed by a far larger Russian 'imagined community.' Integration of Tsarist Russian historiography and White Russian ©♭migr©♭ chauvinism prior to the 2014 crisis transformed and hardened Russian nationalist denial of the existence of Ukraine and Ukrainians. Ending Crimea's occupation and the Russian-Ukrainian war will meet obstacles from de facto President-for-life Putin and Russia's national identity towards Ukraine and Ukrainians"-- Provided by publisher.
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LCCN 2021040603
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