The question of where Russian history ends and Ukrainian history
begins has not yet received a satisfactory answer. Generations of
historians referred to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, as the
starting point of the Muscovite dynasty, the Russian state, and,
ultimately, the Russian nation. However, the history of Kyiv and
that of the Scythians of the Northern Black Sea region have also
been claimed by Ukrainian historians, and are now regarded as
integral parts of the history of Ukraine. If these are actually the
beginnings of Ukrainian history, when does Russian history start?
In Ukraine and Russia, Serhii Plokhy discusses many questions
fundamental to the formation of modern Russian and Ukrainian
historical identity. He investigates the critical role of history
in the development of modern national identities and offers
historical and cultural insight into the current state of relations
between the two nations. Plokhy shows how history has been
constructed, used, and misused in order to justify the existence of
imperial and modern national projects, and how those projects have
influenced the interpretation of history in Russia and Ukraine.
This book makes important assertions not only about the conflicts
and negotiations inherent to opposing historiographic traditions,
but about ways of overcoming the limitations imposed by those
traditions.
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