Ukraine Not the Ukraine

This Element is a historical tour of Ukraine from the medieval Kyivan prince Volodymyr the Great through to Ukraine's twenty-first-century rock star president Volodymyr Zelensky. It presents Ukraine as an actor, not a pawn, in international history. And it focuses on people. In the past, historians wrote about Ukraine from a colonial perspective that portrayed it as a region, not its own entity. This shaped the way people thought about Ukraine and created mental maps where it was just part of something else. Put in contemporary terms, Ukraine was subjected to a historical disinformation war. This Element joins voices that are decolonizing that way of thinking by drawing a different mental map, one where Ukraine exists as itself. It explains how the people living on its lands have their own distinct history, how they shaped it, were shaped by it, and had an impact on both European and global history.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The princes; 2. The Cossacks; 3. The nation builders; 4. The state builders; 5. The defenders; Conclusion; References.

Product details

• Authors: Marta Dyczok, Marta (Western University) Dyczok, Dyczok Marta
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781009365574
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0936557-4
• No. of pages: 76
• Series: Elements in Soviet and Post-Soviet History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Ukraine, Media Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Disinformation and misinformation, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies