Ukraine : The Building of its Nation, State, and Identity

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During the last decade, scholars have done many new studies on the independence of Ukraine, its role in the collapse of the Soviet Union, and its post-Soviet transformation that occurred since 1991. However, they have been insufficient in detailing the complexities and intersection of state structure, political events, and shaping of Ukrainian national identity. Given the embryonic stage of Ukrainian studies in Japan, this project sought to achieve a comprehensive study how Ukrainian identity is being shaped in the process of nation-state building. As for method, this project, with the aid of a team of skilled scholars in the field of history, linguistics, and political science, undertook a comprehensive and intensive review of sources from archival materials, statistical and demographic guides, to oral interviews. Each of us traveled extensively around the world for research, conference and seminar talk, as well as TV presentations in the past years. Upon completion, this project has provided new insight into the existing scholarship in the Russian and the East European Studies.