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22: Ukrainian Ideas in the 21st Century

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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The Russian Empire Becomes an Empire by Going Into Europe, Right?

The Russian Empire becomes the Russian Empire in 1721, having moved from Asia into Europe as a result of the cataclysm of 1648 onwards. The ambivalence of the relationship with Kiev is built into that, because on the one hand, you become European by claiming Kiev,. But since you're the empire, you can't acknowledge that the periphery is better than you. So this tension is built in from the very, very beginning.

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