Ukraine: The ‘State to Nation’ Country?
Journal: RussianStudiesHu
Year: 2025

This article presents the historical causes of Ukraine’s weak statehood and why it can be classified as a “state to nation” country. What considerably contributed to the “state to nation” character of Ukraine and the belated establishment of its state was the fact that it did not inherit a unified national identity; some of its territories were “more mature” in this regard, while the eastern regions that were under Russian rule for many centuries were “underdeveloped”. In this “deeply divided” U