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Food For Thought Presentation, November 15, 2022

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Food for Thought Lecture — Russia and Ukraine: Historical Context by Dr Bruce T. Holl
Russia and Ukraine: Historical Context

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References and Bibliography

Vladimir Putin’s Article ”ON THE HISTORICAL UNITY OF RUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS,“ June 2021
In English
In Russian
In Ukranian

Reactions in English
Harvard: Contextualizing Putin’s “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians”
US State Department: Vladimir Putin’s Historical Disinformation
Wilson Center: Putin’s War on History

Reactions in Russian
Би-би-си: “Школьная ошибка”: российские и украинские историки разбирают статью Путина о единстве народов
New Times: ВОЙНА ПУТИНА С ИСТОРИЕЙ

Bibliography: Ukrainian History
Bassin, Mark and Gonzalo Pozo, eds. The Politics of Eurasianism: Identity, Popular Culture and Russia’s Foreign Policy. 2017.
Engerman, David C. Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America’s Soviet Experts. 2009.
Hastings, Max. Inferno: The World at War 1939-1945. 2011
Hrushevsky, Mykhailo. A Short History of Ukraine. Translation from the French. 2022.
Kubicek, Paul. The History of Ukraine. 2008.
McMeekin, Sean. Stalin’s War. A New History of World War II. 2021
Pipes, Richard. The Formation of the Soviet Union: Communism and Nationalism 1917-1923. Revised Edition. 1997
Plokhy, Serhii. The Gates of Europe. A History of Ukraine. 2nd Trade Paperback Edition. 2021.
Snyder, Timothy. The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999. 2003.