Ukraine and Nationalism

Ukraine's language divide. Data source: 2001 national census. (Laris Karklis/Washington Post)
Armed military personnel in Simferopol, Crimea

The Ukrainian Crisis in pictures, from the Guardian

A couple kiss through the gate of a military base in Lyubimovka

Comment: the Guardian

"Ukraine: there's no way out unless the west understands its past mistakes: Western leaders mostly paint the whole dispute as totally one-sided: it is all Russia’s fault. But the Crimea crisis is directly related to the misguided steps taken after the Soviet Union’s fall"

Comment: Washington Post

"Putin’s error in Ukraine is the kind that leads to catastrophe"

Comment: The New York Times

"Ukraine and the Perils of Division"

Ukrainian soldiers stand inside the gate of a military base in Crimea

Earth - 1930 Soviet Film about Ukrainian Life

The North Star - 1943 US Propaganda Film about Ukraine

The Battleship Potemkin - 1925 Soviet Film about the Russian Navy in the Crimea

Ukraine in Flames - 1943 Soviet Propaganda Film about Nazi Invasion

Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors - 1964 Soviet Film about Carpathian/Ukrainian Culture

Everything is Illuminated - 2005 American Film from 2002 Book by Jonathan Safran Foer about Ukrainian Jewish Experience

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