History, politics and national identity in southern and eastern Ukraine
This dissertation examines the interconnection between history, national identity and politics in Eastern and Southern Ukraine (with special reference to the Donbass, Odessa oblast and the Republic of Crimea). The study comprises three distinct parts: the first section (three chapters) explores the history of the region from the beginning of significant settlement in the 18th. century to the onset of the Perestroika reforms. The second part of the study (Chapter Four) considers how intermarriage as well as other demographic forces have informed the regional identity. Currently, much of the population of the region identifies as both Ukrainian and Russian; this identification is generally weak and unstable. This informs popular attitudes towards such key questions as Ukraine's statehood and its relations with Russia. Studies of national identity have tended to assume an individual belongs to only one or another ethnic group, while the process by which an individual determines his or her ethnic identity has been largely ignored. Sociological surveys carried out in Ukraine demonstrate that mixed identification is a fairly common phenomenon. It appears that high levels of intermarriage have been a leading factor
Pirie, Paul Stepan
History
History, politics and national identity in southern and eastern Ukraine. This dissertation examines the interconnection between history, national identity and politics in Eastern and Southern Ukraine (with special reference to the Donbass, Odessa oblast and the Republic of Crimea). The study comprises three distinct parts: the first section (three chapters) explores the history of the region from the beginning of significant settlement in the 18th. century to the onset of the Perestroika reforms. The second part of the study (Chapter Four) considers how intermarriage as well as other demographic forces have informed the regional identity. Currently, much of the population of the region identifies as both Ukrainian and Russian; this identification is generally weak and unstable. This informs popular attitudes towards such key questions as Ukraine's statehood and its relations with Russia. Studies of national identity have tended to assume an individual belongs to only one or another ethnic group, while the process by which an individual determines his or her ethnic identity has been largely ignored. Sociological surveys carried out in Ukraine demonstrate that mixed identification is a fairly common phenomenon. It appears that high levels of intermarriage have been a leading factor
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