11: Ottoman Retreat, Russian Power, Ukrainian Populism
The Making of Modern Ukraine
Introduction
The 18th century is somewhere before we get into the comfortable modern categories of mass politics. The Polish-Athewanian Commonwealth, Ukrainian Cossack states are going to have lost all their autonomy and basically be working for Russia. As these three entities disappear, they don't do so gracefully. They do so in conflict with one another; that's one of the reasons why they do disappear. By the end of the 18th century, if you're not going to pay attention for the next 54 minutes, this is where it's going to go. This podcast was recorded in the autumn of 2022, live in a classroom at Yale University.
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