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22: Ukrainian Ideas in the 21st Century

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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The Only Romanov You Can Be Sure of After Catherine

Ukraine is real, it's just that Ukraine's existence is now meaningful as part of a larger unit with Russia. So this might come as a surprise, but there haven't actually been that many Russian leaders of Russia in the narrow sense of Russian. If Russia claims the ancient dynasty from Kiev, I mean, they were Scandinavians. The only Romanov you can be sure of after Catherine is Catherine herself, and Catherine was a German.

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