Much has been written about Ukraine since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion over two years ago, but there is no escaping the fact that the country is still struggling to emerge from centuries of obscurity and disinformation. In his new book, Jewish-Ukrainian Relations and the Birth of a Political Nation, journalist Vladislav Davidzon seeks […]
Ukrainian nation-building
Victoire! French state news agency AFP adopts “Kyiv” spelling for Ukrainian capital
More and more international media outlets are switching to the Ukrainian-language “Kyiv” transliteration when referring to the country’s capital city as Ukraine seeks to assert an increasingly independent identity amid an eight-year undeclared war with Russia
UKRAINE AT 30: Europe’s last great unfinished nation-building odyssey continues
Today’s Ukraine is increasingly democratic and European but has yet to become prosperous or live up to its huge potential
UKRAINE AT 30: Maidan’s metamorphosis is the perfect metaphor for Ukraine’s post-Soviet national coming of age
The dramatic reinvention of Kyiv’s central square since 1991 as a place of genuine national importance tells the story of modern Ukraine
POLITICIZED POP: Exploring why nation-building Ukraine takes the annual Eurovision Song Contest so seriously
Ukraine will not participate in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest following a scandal over the Russian touring schedule of national competition winner MARUV. This is not the first time political considerations have overshadowed musical merits in the country’s rollercoaster relationship with Europe’s kitschest cultural contest
HISTORY: The Romanian who helped lay the foundations for the modern Ukrainian state
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