
Historical echoes of the Ukraine war
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The Russian Empire and the Ukrainian National Identity
Ukrainian nationalism became the most challenging encounter for Russian imperialism. The Ukrainians really replaced Poles as the most difficult national projects that the Empire had to deal with. This war not only strengthens Ukraine's separate identity from Russia, but it certainly sends a signal back to Russia in the form of tens of thousands,. maybe over 100,000 body bags," he says.
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