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Acknowledgments |
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Chronology |
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Why did Ukraine become a key reference point of American political struggles? |
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What is the Maidan, and what made it top news around the world? |
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How and why did Russia annex the Crimea from Ukraine? |
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Why did fighting break out in eastern Ukraine in the spring of 2014? |
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Why did the Ukrainian crisis cause tensions between Russia and the West? |
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2 The Land and the People |
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What is Ukraine's geographical location, and what natural resources and industry does it possess? |
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What is Ukraine's demography and ethnic composition? |
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Who are the Ukrainians, and what is modern Ukrainian national identity? |
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Is it true that Ukraine is split into pro-Western and pro-Russian halves? |
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How large is the Ukrainian diaspora, and what role does it play in North American politics? |
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3 The Making of Modern Ukraine |
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Was Ukraine always part of Russia? |
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What was the medieval state of Kyivan Rus, and was It a Russian or Ukrainian polity? |
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Is it true that Ukraine was "reunited" with Russia In 1654? |
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Who was Ivan Mazepa, and why is he considered a "traitor" in Russia? |
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32 |
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What were Russia's imperial policies in Ukraine? |
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Did the Austrian Empire govern Its Ukrainian lands differently? |
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36 |
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What happened in the Ukrainian lands during the revolutionary turmoil of 1917--1920? |
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Why did the Bolsheviks create a Ukrainian republic within the Soviet Union, and how did they determine its borders? |
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What was the Holodomor (the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933), and was It genocide? |
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Is it true that all the Ukrainian lands were united in a single polity for the first time under Stalin? |
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45 |
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What is Babi Yar, and how did the Holocaust unfold in Ukraine? |
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Who was Stepan Bandera, and what was the Ukrainian Insurgent Army? |
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What were the Soviet policies in Ukraine during the postwar period? |
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Who were the dissidents, and how did they contribute to the collapse of communism? |
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Why did the Chernobyl accident happen, and what was its impact on Ukraine? |
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4 Ukraine after Communism |
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56 |
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Did the Ukrainians have to fight the Russians in order to secede from the Soviet Union? |
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What is the Commonwealth of Independent States? |
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57 |
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When and why did Ukraine give up its nuclear arsenal? |
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What were Ukraine's relations with the West and Russia in the first decade after Independence? |
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Did the presidents of independent Ukraine promote a united national identity? |
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What religions came to prominence in Ukraine after the Soviet collapse? |
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How did independent Ukraine become an inefficient economy and a paragon of crony capitalism? |
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What are the roots of corruption in Ukraine and how have the changing Ukrainian governments been addressing it? |
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Is Ukraine dependent on Russian gas supplies? |
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5 The Orange Revolution and the EuroMaidan |
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78 |
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What did the two recent revolutions in Ukraine (2004 and 2013--2014) have in common? |
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Why did mass protests against President Kuchma develop in the early 2000s, and who led them? |
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80 |
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What sparked the Orange Revolution in 2004? |
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Was Yushchenko poisoned, and were the culprits ever prosecuted? |
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How was a peaceful resolution reached in the winter of 2004--2005? |
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85 |
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Did the victors of the Orange Revolution manage to create a new Ukraine? |
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87 |
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How did Viktor Yanukovych return to power, first as prime minister and later as president? |
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89 |
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Why was Yulia Tymoshenko imprisoned? |
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91 |
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What caused the new popular revolt in late 2013? |
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What role did the Ukrainian radical right play in the protests, and what symbols did they use? |
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What led to the high number of casualties on the Maldan in 2013--2014, as opposed to 2004? |
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Where did Yanukovych seek asylum, and how was the transfer of power formalized? |
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Was either of the two Ukrainian revolutions the result of a Western conspiracy? |
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