The journal Post-Soviet Affairs recently published a special issue on politics and identity in Ukraine. The question of Russian vs. Ukrainian identity has been central to the study of Ukrainian politics for decades now, but especially so since the “Euromaidan” protests of 2014, Russia’s subsequent annexation of Crimea, and continued violent conflict among Ukraine, Ukrainian separatists and Russia-supported forces in the southeast. With this in mind, I spoke to one of the guest editors of the special issue, Olga Onuch, associate professor in politics at the University of Manchester and author of “Mapping Mass Mobilizations: Understanding Revolutionary Moments in Argentina and Ukraine”(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
Joshua Tucker: Ukrainians are getting less divided by language, not more
A EuroMaidan Revolution rally on Dec. 15, 2013, drew a crowd estimated at more than 200,000 people, taking up Khreshchatyk Street and the hillside overlooking Maidan Nezalezhnosti.
