2nd Edition
Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality
PART I Russia’ and Ukraine 1. What is ‘Russia’ and why are Russians Obsessed with Ukraine and Ukrainians?.PART II Russian Imperial Nationalism about Ukraine 2. Russian Imperial Nationalism and Ukraine 3. Boris Yeltsin: Liberalism, Tanks, and Unions 4. Vladimir Putin: ‘Gatherer of Russian Lands.’ PART III Russian Imperial Nationalism versus Ukraine 5. Democrats and the ‘Red-White-Brown’ Coalition 6. Messianism, ‘Holy Rus,’ and the Russian World 7. Russia’s ‘Jerusalem’: Crimea, and ‘New Russia’ PART IV Russian Imperial Nationalism: War and Genocide 8. The Roots of the War and Russia’s Obsession With Ukraine 9. Full-scale War and Russian Occupation 10. Ukrainian Identity and Russia 11. Conclusions.
Biography
Taras Kuzio is a Professor in the Department of Political Science, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine. He is the author and editor of 25 books, including Russia’s War on Ukraine. The Four Roots of Russia’s Invasion (2026), Russia and Modern Fascism. New Perspectives on the Kremlin’s War Against Ukraine (2025), Russian Disinformation and Western Scholarship (2023), Crisis in Russian Studies? Nationalism (Imperialism), Racism and War (2020), The Sources of Russia’s Great Power Politics: Ukraine and the Challenge to the European Order (2018), Putin’s War Against Ukraine: Revolution, Nationalism, and Crime (2017). He is the author of 16 think-tank monographs, including Crimea 2014-2024: Where Russia's War Started and Where Ukraine Will Win (2024), and The Crimea: Europe’s Next Flashpoint? (2010). He has authored 50 book chapters and over 123 scholarly articles on Ukrainian and Russian politics, identity and nationalism.
