Ukrainian past, Ukrainian present : selected papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990

These selected papers, presented originally to the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, debate historical and contemporary issues relating to Ukraine. The relationship between intellectual and social developments in nineteenth-century Russia, and their impact on Ukrainian national identity, is explored in depth. Ukrainian migration to Siberia, and the demographic consequences of the tragedies of the 1930s and 1940s in Soviet Ukraine, are examined anew. The establishment of Soviet power in Ukraine in 1917-18, Ukrainian nationalism during the Second World War, and Ukraine on the eve of the August 1991 proclamation of independence, are also discussed. As an independent Ukraine enters the international community, this book provides an unrivalled guide to the forces that have shaped its recent development. Front Matter....Pages i-xii The State and the Ukrainian Triumvirate in the Russian Empire, 1831–17....Pages 1-17 From Savage Ukrainian Steppe to Quiet Russian Field: Ukrainian Ethnographers and Imperial Russia in the Reform Era....Pages 18-34 A. N. Pypin’s Defence of Ukraine: Sources and Motivation....Pages 35-54 Ukrainian Migration to Siberia before 1917: The Process and Problems of Losses and Survival Rates....Pages 55-69 Ukrainian Nationalism and ‘Soviet Power’: Kharkiv, 1917....Pages 70-83 Population Loss in Ukraine in the 1930s and 1940s....Pages 84-96 Between Two Leviathans: Ukraine during the Second World War....Pages 97-106 Restructuring from Below: Informal Groups in Ukraine under Gorbachev, 1985–89....Pages 107-122 The March 1990 Elections in Ukraine....Pages 123-133 Back Matter....Pages 135-137 Selected papers presented to the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, held in Harrogate, England, debate historical and contemporary issues, the relationship between intellectual and social developments in 19th-century Russia, and their impact on Ukrainian national identity.