LITTLE RUSSIANS OF THE TSARS: THE MAKING OF UKRAINE IN RUSSIAN IMPERIAL THOUGHT AND RULE
Journal: Karadeniz Araştırmaları
Year: 2025

Moscow’s contemporary discourse on Ukraine reflects the enduring legacy of imperial historical narratives, underscoring the importance of examining how Russian historical memory of Ukraine was initially constructed. Emerging during the Age of Absolutism and later codified in the nineteenth-century ideology of the Triune Russian Nation, this memory profoundly shaped Russia’s perception of Ukraine across successive generations. This article traces the evolution of these imperial narratives from th