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

在过去的十年中，学者们对乌克兰的独立，它在苏联解体中的作用以及自1991年以来发生的后苏联转型进行了许多新的研究。然而，它们不足以详细说明国家结构、政治事件和乌克兰民族认同形成的复杂性和交叉点。鉴于乌克兰研究在日本处于萌芽阶段，本项目旨在全面研究乌克兰身份如何在民族国家建设过程中形成。至于方法，该项目在历史学、语言学和政治学领域的熟练学者的帮助下，对档案材料、统计和人口指南以及口头采访等资料来源进行了全面和深入的审查。在过去的几年里，我们每个人都在世界各地进行广泛的研究，会议和研讨会演讲，以及电视演讲。完成后，该项目为俄罗斯和东欧研究的现有奖学金提供了新的见解。

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.