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Shedding Russianness, recasting Ukrainianness: the post-Euromaidan dynamics of ethnonational identifications in Ukraine

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  • Volodymyr Kulyk

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Euromaidan and the subsequent Russian military intervention brought about a perceptible change in ethnonational identifications of Ukrainian citizens. Based on three nationwide surveys from various years, the present article seeks to measure this shift and explore its underlying factors and mechanisms. My analysis reveals considerable changes in ethnolinguistic identifications, practices of language use, and preferences regarding language policies of the state, which can be seen as a kind of bottom-up de-Russification, a popular drift away from Russianness. At the same time, I demonstrate that changes in identifications by nationality and native language are related to changes in the perceptions of these categories; that is, that they should be conceptualized as measuring people’s perceived belonging to both ethnic groups and civic nations. In other words, as people are shedding their Russianness in favor of Ukrainianness, they are also changing the meaning of being Ukrainian.

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  • Volodymyr Kulyk, 2018. "Shedding Russianness, recasting Ukrainianness: the post-Euromaidan dynamics of ethnonational identifications in Ukraine," Post-Soviet Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(2-3), pages 119-138, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpsaxx:v:34:y:2018:i:2-3:p:119-138
    DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2018.1451232
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    1. Tamilina, Larysa, 2022. "Making A Difference Through Similarities: A Comparative Analysis Of Social Trust Formation Between Ukraine And Russia," MPRA Paper 115405, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Tamilina, Larysa, 2022. "Political factors as possible determinants behind the sense of identificationwith the nation, state, or society: hte case of Ukraine and Russia," MPRA Paper 115406, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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