Eurasian Studies Balkans, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia Studies Notebooks

Series | Eurasian Studies
Edited book | Ukraine in Search of an Equilibrium
Chapter | Su alcuni punti nodali della questione ucraina (XIX-XXI secolo)

Su alcuni punti nodali della questione ucraina (XIX-XXI secolo)

Abstract

The chapter analyses the “Ukrainian Question”, through examples of old and new analyses on Ukrainian identity, starting from an essay written by the British historian A.J. Toynbee in 1916, when the result of the WW1 and the future of Ukraine was still uncertain. Toynbee’s assumptions are compared with interpretations given by various authors from 19th up to 21st centuries, showing that the crux of the matter is still debated by conteporary analysts. In conclusion, it is expressed the hope that the new presidency could take significant steps in order to consolidate the Ukrainian sovereignity in a peaceful perspective of democratic development.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Aug. 22, 2019 | Accepted: Oct. 17, 2019 | Published Dec. 16, 2019 | Language: it

Keywords 19th-21st centuriesHistorical debatePolitical consequencesUkraineIdentity


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