Radical shifts in Russian-Ukrainian relations and geopolitics of neighbourhood
The break-up between Russia and Ukraine was rather painful for both sides Though it was not unavoidable, it was prepared by the developments in both countries since the disintegration of the Soviet Union and to a certain extent resulted from the very model of state-building adopted by Ukrainian poli...
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| description | The break-up between Russia and Ukraine was rather painful for both sides Though it was not unavoidable, it was prepared by the developments in both countries since the disintegration of the Soviet Union and to a certain extent resulted from the very model of state-building adopted by Ukrainian political elite and based on the opposition of Ukraine to Russia seen as the way to the emancipation from the burden of the imperial/Soviet past. It involved, in particular, a radical revision of Ukrainian territory’s symbolic perception, provoked, on its turn, by the Russian-Ukrainian “battles of memory” initiated well before the crisis of 2014. Recent events deeply transformed public opinion in Ukraine and identity of Ukrainians. The author describes some consequences of the break up between two countries for ordinary citizens, especially living in border regions. He briefly considers the adaptation of economy and population to the new conditions of neighbourhood. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fde87d6b404c479b8f502e52811e5fb32022-12-22T04:36:43ZengUniversity of GdanskJournal of Geography, Politics and Society2451-22492018-05-018271510.4467/24512249JG.18.010.8216Radical shifts in Russian-Ukrainian relations and geopolitics of neighbourhood Vladimir Kolosov 0Russian Academy of SciencesThe break-up between Russia and Ukraine was rather painful for both sides Though it was not unavoidable, it was prepared by the developments in both countries since the disintegration of the Soviet Union and to a certain extent resulted from the very model of state-building adopted by Ukrainian political elite and based on the opposition of Ukraine to Russia seen as the way to the emancipation from the burden of the imperial/Soviet past. It involved, in particular, a radical revision of Ukrainian territory’s symbolic perception, provoked, on its turn, by the Russian-Ukrainian “battles of memory” initiated well before the crisis of 2014. Recent events deeply transformed public opinion in Ukraine and identity of Ukrainians. The author describes some consequences of the break up between two countries for ordinary citizens, especially living in border regions. He briefly considers the adaptation of economy and population to the new conditions of neighbourhood.https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/JGPS/article/view/3117/2519russian-ukrainian relationsidentitystate-buildingbattles of memoryneighbourhoodcrisisadaptationborderlands |
| spellingShingle | Vladimir Kolosov Radical shifts in Russian-Ukrainian relations and geopolitics of neighbourhood Journal of Geography, Politics and Society russian-ukrainian relations identity state-building battles of memory neighbourhood crisis adaptation borderlands |
| title | Radical shifts in Russian-Ukrainian relations and geopolitics of neighbourhood |
| title_full | Radical shifts in Russian-Ukrainian relations and geopolitics of neighbourhood |
| title_fullStr | Radical shifts in Russian-Ukrainian relations and geopolitics of neighbourhood |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radical shifts in Russian-Ukrainian relations and geopolitics of neighbourhood |
| title_short | Radical shifts in Russian-Ukrainian relations and geopolitics of neighbourhood |
| title_sort | radical shifts in russian ukrainian relations and geopolitics of neighbourhood |
| topic | russian-ukrainian relations identity state-building battles of memory neighbourhood crisis adaptation borderlands |
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