Evolution of an identity
Evolution of an identity
Author(s): Volodymyr RafeenkoContributor(s): Margarita Novikova (Translator)
Subject(s): Political history, Politics and society, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: East of Ukraine; Identity; Soviet policy; Ukraine and Russia; De-Ukrainianisation; Donbas;
Summary/Abstract: I was born in Donetsk in the late 1960s and have lived here all my life. My views of Donbas and its people have been shaped for over decades and they have not changed much in recent years. However, in the first year of the Russian military aggression into our land I began to understand, for the first time, how difficult it is to explain some of the circumstances of our Donbas life to people from the outside, even tough to us living here these things are quite simple and understandable. With this remark, I would now like start my essay, or rather a discussion, about the self-identification of the people of Donbas during the war.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 03 (41)
- Page Range: 34-38
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
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