The eastern edge of Europe has always been in flux. As a result, the nature of the Ukrainian-Russian relationship is both complex and ambiguous. Prompted by the countries’ historical and geographical entanglement, Volodymyr V. Kravchenko asks what the words “Ukraine” and “Russia” really mean.
“The Ukrainian-Russian Borderland is a must-read for all Russian and Ukrainian studies scholars, particularly those interested in the roles of imperial and national borderland ambitions in shaping historic and contemporary discussions about Ukrainian-Russian relationships at the cultural, social, and political levels.” *The Russian Review *
Volodymyr V. Kravchenko is professor in the Department of History, Classics and Religion at the University of Alberta.