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The Internal Debate: How National Identity Created The Russo-Ukrainian Conflict, Logan James Weisenfels Dec 2022

The Internal Debate: How National Identity Created The Russo-Ukrainian Conflict, Logan James Weisenfels

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The longstanding conflict in Ukraine has prompted more attention, discussion, and research into the relationship between Ukraine and Russia. This relationship dates back to medieval times, but its importance to contemporary issues begins in the 19-20th Centuries and come to a head after the fall of the Soviet Union. This analysis seeks to understand how and why Ukrainian national identity gradually became a solidified civic identity after the Maiden Revolution and annexation of Crimea in 2014. This starts with providing a short history between Russia and Ukraine, that looks at certain events and regions in their shared history, and are …