Ukraine’s national integration before and after 2014. Shifting ‘East–West’ polarization line and strengthening political community
Journal: Eurasian Geography and Economics
Year: 2019

This article addresses the question of Ukraine’s societal polarization along the East-West line and the state of cohesion and endurance of its political community. In both political and academic discourses, Ukraine is often characterized as a country split between Western and Eastern regional and societal parts belonging to some wider geopolitical and cultural entities. Moreover, the recent upheavals in the life of the country – Euromaidan Revolution, illegal annexation of Crimea and Russian-Ukr