| Summary/Abstract |
This article studies the historical background that determined the formation
of the specific features of Ukrainian, Little Russian, and Russian identities
starting from the late 17th century to the present day. It traces the
evolution of Ukrainian identity from the notion of “a single Slavic-Russian
people” to the current radicalization and consolidation of anti-Russian
sentiment as its dominant element. At different stages of nation-building,
intellectual elites molded different constructs of this identity. At times
these constructs existed in parallel and independently of each other, and
at other times they confronted one another.
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