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11: Ottoman Retreat, Russian Power, Ukrainian Populism

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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The Crimean Tatars Are Going to Be More Like Russia Than Ukraine

In the 19th century, Ukrainians will move into a mode where they turn their own past into something like a usable national story. For the Crimean Tatars for various reasons, this wasn't possible. People find it easier to think that Crimea is really Russia than Ukraine is really Russia. And so part of the work that we have to do in history is to fill in the gaps and make these always claims seem unbelievable. Good luck, 1699. 6999 is definitely going to be on this exam.

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