Ukraine’s East-West Regional Division
Ukraine’s East-West Regional Division
Author(s): Zhanna Mylogorodska
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Ukraine; east; west; Galicia; Donbas; regional division;
Summary/Abstract: There are some similarities in any discourses concerning Ukraine´s regional divisions. Most of them are about the East-West division. The West is commonly presented as Ukrainian-speaking and oriented to Europe, the East is rather Russian speaking with a strong representation of ethnic Russians and is inclined to Russia. This division is strengthened by the regional poles, which are opposed to each other: Galicia in the West and Donbas in the East.
Book: Reinventing Eastern Europe: Imaginaries, Identities and Transformations
- Page Range: 23-36
- Page Count: 14
- Publication Year: 2019
- Language: English
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