Turning Ukrainians into a separate nation

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Journal of Nationalism Memory and Language Politics Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.2478/jnmlp-2022-0009

Domagoj Krpan

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Abstract Ukraine's national identity was born out of historical events which impacted the regions in Ukraine differently. In western and central parts of Ukraine, the people tend to be more pro-Western, while in the eastern and southern parts of the country, the people are more pro-Russian. This difference emerged from two approaches to the Ukrainian identity. The pro-Western part of the country believes that they were a separate nation from the Russians and should break ties with Russia. The pro-Russian part believes that the Ukrainians and the Russians are the same nation or two brotherhood nations that should stand together against outside threats. This paper will analyze which key historical events were the roots of the Ukrainian national identity and where the differences between the regional approaches are laying. This difference between pro-Western and pro-Russian attitudes influenced the Ukrainian political landscape from its independence until 2014. After the Revolution of Dignity, the occupation of Crimea, and the war in Donbas, the political situation started to change towards more pro-Western policies. The invasion in 2022 could be the final nail in the coffin of the Ukrainian-Russian brotherhood, and it might erase the last difference between the two parts of Ukraine.

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把乌克兰人变成一个独立的国家

乌克兰的民族认同产生于对乌克兰各地区产生不同影响的历史事件。在乌克兰的西部和中部地区，人们倾向于更亲西方，而在该国的东部和南部地区，人们更亲俄罗斯。这种差异源于对待乌克兰身份的两种方式。该国亲西方的部分人认为，他们是一个独立于俄罗斯的国家，应该与俄罗斯断绝关系。亲俄派认为，乌克兰人和俄罗斯人是同一个国家，或者是两个兄弟国家，应该站在一起对抗外部威胁。本文将分析哪些关键的历史事件是乌克兰民族认同的根源，以及区域方法之间的差异在哪里。亲西方和亲俄罗斯态度的差异影响了乌克兰从独立到2014年的政治格局。在尊严革命、克里米亚被占领和顿巴斯战争之后，政治局势开始向更亲西方的政策转变。2022年的入侵可能是乌克兰-俄罗斯兄弟情谊棺材上的最后一颗钉子，它可能会抹去乌克兰两个部分之间的最后区别。

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Journal of Nationalism Memory and Language Politics Arts and Humanities-History

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期刊介绍： Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics is a peer-reviewed journal published by De Gruyter on behalf of the Charles University. It is committed to exploring divergent scholarly opinions, research and theories of current international academic experts, and is a forum for discussion and hopes to encourage free-thinking and debate among academics, young researchers and professionals over issues of importance to the politics of identity and memory as well as the political dimensions of language policy in the 20th and 21st centuries. The journal is indexed with and included in Google Scholar, EBSCO, CEEOL and SCOPUS. We encourage research articles that employ qualitative or quantitative methodologies as well as empirical historical analyses regarding, but not limited to, the following issues: -Trends in nationalist development, whether historical or contemporary -Policies regarding national and international institutions of memory as well as investigations into the creation and/or dissemination of cultural memory -The implementation and political repercussions of language policies in various regional and global contexts -The formation, cohesion and perseverance of national or regional identity along with the relationships between minority and majority populations -The role ethnicity plays in nationalism and national identity -How the issue of victimhood contributes to national or regional self-perception -Priority is given to issues pertaining to the 20th and 21st century political developments While our focus is on empirical articles, our scope remains open to exceptional theoretical works (especially if they incorporate empirical research), book reviews and translations.