An exploration of the complex ethnic and political relationship of Ukraine and Russia. Based on interviews, the book provides a portrait of the diversity that is contemporary Ukraine and of its efforts to forge a national identity after three centuries of Russian rule.

Includes maps of: Ukraine. Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-174) and index.

Ukraine and Russia: united and divided by history -- Ukrainians and Russians in independent Ukraine -- The Russian-speaking areas of Ukraine -- Crimea and Sevastopol -- Ukrainian and Russian nationalisms and national identities in the 1990s.