Ukraine : from Chernobylʹ to sovereignty : a collection of interviews

A collection of interviews that reflects the changing face of the Ukraine, the second largest Soviet republic. The interviews demonstrate the transformation the Ukraine has gone through since the early stages of perestroika. Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi Vechirnii Kyiv, the Voice of Perestroika in Ukraine: An Interview with Vitalii Karpenko....Pages 1-6 The Beginnings of “Rukh”: An Interview with Pavlo Movchan....Pages 7-18 Little Russianism and the Ukrainian-Russian Relationship: An Interview with Mykola Ryabchuk....Pages 19-30 Language, Culture, and the Search for a Ukrainian Hero: An Interview with Yurii Pokal’chuk....Pages 31-39 The Current Situation in Ukraine: A Discussion with “Rukh” Chairman Ivan Drach....Pages 40-56 Ukraine and Poland: An Interview with Adam Michnik....Pages 57-66 The Democratization Process in Ukraine: An Interview with Anatolii Pohribnyi....Pages 67-80 Filling in the “Blank Spots” in Ukrainian History: An Interview with Stanislav Kul’chyts’kyi....Pages 81-94 Ferment in Western Ukraine: An Interview with Rostyslav Bratun’....Pages 95-104 Roman Szporluk and Valerii Tishkov Talk about the National Question....Pages 105-116 Inside Ukrainian Politics: An Interview with Dmytro Pavlychko....Pages 117-126 Ukraine, Russia, and the National Question: An Interview with Aleksandr Tsipko....Pages 127-138 An Insider’s View of Chernobyl’: An Interview with Yurii Risovannyi....Pages 139-149 The Communist Party and the Political Situation in Ukraine: An Interview with Stanislav Hurenko....Pages 150-159 Ukrainian-Jewish Relations: An Interview with Oleksandr Burakovs’kyi....Pages 160-169 Back Matter....Pages 170-174 Edited By Roman Solchanyk ; Foreword By Norman Stone. Translated From Ukrainian. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.