Ethnicity in Ukraine. A Constructivist Perspective
Journal Title: EUROLIMES - Year 2016, Vol 22, Issue 22
Abstract
Ethnicity became an important issue in Central Europe in the 19th century. One of the main reasons why multinational states like Austro-Hungary disappeared a century later was the ethnic issue, which was never fully solved by the Hapsburg, Austro-Hungarian authorities. This led to a deeper and more complex movement, the national movement. However in more cases different groups, communities, which considered themselves as being distinct ethnic groups or nations, were not able, due to different reasons, to create a separate state, which would serve as a heaven for their ethnic/national aspiration. This was the case of Ukraine, a nation that was not able to obtain its national sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. Today’s Ukraine is not an ethnic monolith. Many different ethnic groups are part of Ukraine. Among those groups one has a particular standing. The Rusyn minority is different from the other ethnic minorities living in Ukraine, due to its political status primarily, and due to the majority-minority relation between the Ukrainian central institutions and the regional institutions in Transcarpathia.
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Mihai-Răzvan HUSZARIK
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