Ukrainian Nationalism in the Post-Stalin Era: Myth, Symbols, and Ideology in Soviet Nationalities Policy

Abstract

I. Introduction: Approach and Conceptualization.- Ukrainian Nationalism.- Western Scholarly Writings on the Soviet Nationalities Problem and the Ukraine.- An Analytical Framework.- II. Ideology and Myth: Soviet Nationalities Policy.- The Myth of Proletarian Internationalism.- The Myth of Proletarian Internationalism in Flux, 1956-1972.- Conclusions.- III. Culture and Symbolism: The Myth of National Moral Patrimony.- Socialist Realism and National Cultural Revival.- Culture and Historiographic Nationalism.- The Ambiguity of National Symbols: Establishment Intellectuals and the Crystallization of the Dissent Movement.- Symbols of the National Patrimony in Popular Culture.- Conclusions.- IV. Symbolism and Status: The Ukrainian Language.- The Language Question in Official Nationalities Policy.- Present Status of the Ukrainian Language.- Controversy over Language in the Soviet Ukraine.- Conclusions.- V. Symbolic Action: Nationalist Opposition and Regime Response.- Structural and Programmatic Characteristics of Ukrainian National Dissidence.- Demographic Breakdown of Dissidence.- Strategies and Tactics of the Dissidents.- Regime Response to Nationalist Dissidence.- Conclusions.- VI. Summary and Conclusions.