Children of Rusʹ: Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation

343 Pages·2013·3.013 MB·English

by  Hillis, Faith

CHILDREN OF RUS′

CHILDREN OF RUS′
Right-Bank Ukraine
and the Invention
of a Russian Nation
FAITH HILLIS
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Hillis, Faith, author
Children of Rus′ : right-bank Ukraine and the invention of a Russian nation /
Faith Hillis.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8014-5219-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
.1 Nationalism—Ukraine—History—19th century. 2. Nationalism—
Russia—History—19th century. 3. Ukraine—Politics and government—
19th century. 4. Russia—Politics and government—1801–1917.
5. Ukraine—Relations—Russia. 6. Russia—Relations—Ukraine. I. Title.
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contents
List of Maps ix
Acknowledgments xi
Note to the Reader xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
Part One | The Little Russian Idea and the Russian Empire
1 Th e Litt le Russian Idea and the Invention of a Rus′ Nation 21
2 Th e Litt le Russian Idea in the 1860s 58
3 Th e Litt le Russian Idea and the Imagination of Russian and
Ukrainian Nations 87
Part Two | The Urban Crucible
4 Nationalizing Urban Politics 117
5 Concepts of Liberation 150
Part Three | Forging a Russian Nation
6 Electoral Politics and Regional Governance 181
7 Nationalizing the Empire 211
8 Th e Limits of the Russian Nationalist Vision 244
Epilogue 274
Selected Bibliography 285
Index 315

list of maps
map 1.1
Rus′ principalities, eleventh century 23
map 1.2
Th e Cossack Hetmanate and the Russian empire, eighteenth century 28
map 1.3
Russia’s southwestern borderlands 33
map 4.1
Kiev, circa 1900 126
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