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Lysiak Rudnytsky’s prescience: Ukraine’s political turbulence and trauma of a “non-historical” nation
- Author(s):
- Ostap Kushnir (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Soviet and Russian history and culture
- Subject(s):
- Ukraine, History, Nationalism--Study and teaching, Postcolonialism, Identity (Psychology)
- Item Type:
- Online publication
- Tag(s):
- identity politics, Identity Theory, post-communism, post-colonial, political activism, Ukrainian history, Nationalism studies, Postcolonial culture, Identity
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/945r-ct82
- Abstract:
- If we look at the past three decades in the history of Eastern Europe, Ukraine may safely be placed at the top of the chart of “unstable” states. First was the student-led Revolution on Granite in the 1990s. The outcome of that revolution was a resignation of entrenched high-ranked Soviet officials under the pressure of public opinion. Then, if we skip the 1999 anti-Kuchma protests, the next big upheaval was the Orange Revolution in 2003–04. It led to a rerun of the presidential election and eventual reboot of the government. Finally, the massive and blood-soaked EuroMaidan, or Revolution of Dignity, happened in 2013–14—which, once again, led to a drastic change in Ukraine’s ruling elites. All three revolutions were of unprecedented regional magnitude and became a factor in the foreign policy of the EU, Russia, and the US.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Online publication
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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