
22: Ukrainian Ideas in the 21st Century
The Making of Modern Ukraine
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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