Language, Identity, Politics-the Myth of Two Ukraines. Bertelsmann Policy Brief, April 2014
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2014

The narrative of two Ukraines – the existence of two separate cultural-political communities within one Ukrainian state – has accompanied the relatively short history of inde-pendent Ukraine from the very be-ginning. Articulated by Mykola Ryabchuk more than twenty years ago1 and seemingly logical and reasonable, it has become the fa-vourite narrative of many Ukrainian and international commentators and analysts. One of these Ukraines is pro-European, shares liberal democracy values, wants to joi