Understanding Contemporary Ukrainian and Russian - The Post-Soviet Cossack Revival and Ukraine's National Security

Nationalism, national identity, and ethnicity are complex social phenomena worldwide and especially so in post-Soviet Ukraine. This monograph explores the causes and conditions of post-communist nationalist revivals focusing on the re-emergence of Cossack movements in Russia and Ukraine since the late 1980s. The study explores how different theories of nationalist movements underpinned different national policies and, ultimately, different socially constructed realities that led to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

About the author

Dr. Olexander Hryb is a London based writer with over 20 years of experience in research, analysis, media, and PR. He studied history, politics, and the sociology of culture in Lviv, Prague, and Warsaw. Olexander worked as a broadcaster and online journalist for the BBC World Service, Polish Radio (Overseas Service) and as analyst for DCD Intelligence. He is currently an associated member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology as well as a Cultural Adviser in the British Army. His articles have appeared in the Ukrainian Review (London), Border and Territorial Disputes of the World series (John Harper), and British Army Review.

Report

"The Cossacks are back, both on the pages of academic monographs and the battlefields of the new East European wars. They wear traditional garbs but carry modern weapons and advance new ideologies. As is persuasively argued by Olexander Hryb, nationalism explains their return on the political and cultural stage more than anything else. It is impossible to understand the rise of modern Russian and Ukrainian national identity without examining the unexpected revival of the Cossacks. This book offers invaluable insight into both."-Serhii Plokhy, Harvard University

Product details

• Authors: Olexander Hryb
• Assisted by: Andrea Umland (Editor), Andreas Umland (Editor), Vitali Vitaliev (Foreword), Andreas Umland (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: ibidem
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2021
• EAN: 9783838213774
• ISBN: 978-3-8382-1377-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 18 mm x 215 mm
• Weight: 666 g
• Series: Ukrainian Voices
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Politics and business; Nationalismus, Russland, Ukraine, Identität, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Nationalism, Identity