History
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Nationalism, freedom and populism
Русская версия здесь A few days ago, I proposed a little experiment to two young women, one from Poland and the other one from Belarus Continue reading
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Letter to Harvard Prof. Serhii Plokhy
Dear Prof. Plokhy, I am reading your latest book on the history of Ukraine. It is not the first book I read on the subject and it will probably not be the last one. I hold the institution of Harvard, where you happen to teach, in very high esteem Continue reading
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Трагедия 1932-1933 годов или геноцид украинского населения?
Одним из главных козырей в антисоветской и антироссийской пропаганде в Украине является тема «голодомора». Хотя от страшного голода 1932-1933 годов вызванного засухой и перегибами в коллективизации пострадала не только Украина Continue reading
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Кто живёт в Донбассе? Национальная идентичность жителей ДНР
Донбасс в силу исторических условий стал регионом межэтнического взаимодействия представителей многих этносов Continue reading
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In Belarus a Maidan is only waiting to happen
My worries about an inevitable Maidan in Belarus proved to be exaggerated and unfounded last year Continue reading
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Two years of war propaganda have made Ukraine and Russia enemies for generations to come
“The biggest problem of Ukraine”, told me a man travelling with me in a train from Kiev to Lviv, “is that we have a very bad neighbour”. It did not come as a surprise to me, as the man was from Lviv, the cultural capital of the Ukrainian national awakening that started in the second… Continue reading
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Sometimes history is just another story
“Only times will tell”, the saying goes, and people always repeat that to truly understand the meaning of an event you need the perspective of history. This argument has a point, because having the opportunity to gather and consult a large amount of historical sources on a subject is a privilege that the people “experiencing history”… Continue reading
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Why Belarus is actually Lithuania, Ukraine is actually Russia and Russia is actually Mongolia
Some weeks ago the Ukrainian parliament, the Rada, reviewed a legislation proposal to officially change Russia’s name. Contemporary Russia is not, in this view, the historically legitimate heir of the ancient Kievan Rus which is considered to be the first Russian and Eastern European state from where Ukraine, Russia and Belarus draw their historical origins. Continue reading
EAST AND WEST 