Historian Every Saturday: Ihor Raikivsky. The Features of the Formation of the Modern Ukrainian Nation in the 19th Century (01.02.2025)

A lecture by historian Ihor Raikivsky (Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University; the “Historian Every Saturday” series) on the formation of the modern Ukrainian nation in the 19th century. Key points: debunking the myth that “Ukrainians as a nation never existed / Lenin invented Ukraine”; the nation as a modern phenomenon (industrialization, print, schools); the Cossack myth as a driver of the revival; the idea of sobornist (national unity) that joined Galicia and the Dnieper lands; and the current war as a war over identity. A source for the article on modern Ukrainian nation-building.