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Instead of Vynnychenko's "reading Ukrainian history with bromine", the authors of this work propose to read the modern history of Ukraine "with a pencil" for a better understanding of the lessons learnt and possible prospects for state-building. Accordingly, the period of independence is shown in the historical retrospective of the last hundred years - the First World War, the liberation struggle, the evolution of the political status of the Ukrainian SSR, and the development of state discourse in the works of Ukrainian intellectuals. Domestic political and socio-economic processes after 1990 are shown through the prism of confrontation with Russia, first in the diplomatic, economic, energy, and humanitarian spheres, and since the beginning of the armed aggression - in the security sphere . The publication is addressed to scholars, politicians and civil servants, students, and most importantly, to those readers who are aware that there are no simple solutions to complex issues.

Table of Contents

• Foreword 6
• Chapter 1. «The unbreakable union of the republics free forever with’united Great Russia» 9
• 1.1. Stanislav Kulchytskyi. State-building heritage of the Ukrainian People's Republic 10
• 1.2. Stanislav Kulchytskyi. Political Status of Ukraine in the Russian-Soviet Empire 58
• 1.3. Stanislav Kulchytskyi. Socio-Economic Strategy of the Union Centre towards Ukraine 120
• 1.4. Larysa Yakubova. Discourses of National Statehood in the Soviet Era 153
• Chapter 2. Primary School of Independence: 1990s 207
• 2.1. Volodymyr Holovko. Soviet and Russian issues and their impact on socio-political processes in Ukraine in the 1990s 208
• 2.2. Post-Soviet Economic and Security Nodes 240
• 2.3. Larysa Yakubova. In Search of a New National Identity 271
• Chapter 3. On our own way: 2000-2012 329
• 3.1. Volodymyr Holovko. The Limits of Democracy 330
• 3.2. Volodymyr Holovko. Imbalances of the post-imperial economy 368
• 3.3. Tetiana Vodotyka. The Western Vector and Ukrainian Political Discourse 391
• Chapter 4. The Empire Strikes Back: 2013-2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
• 4.1. Vladimir Golovko. Russian Spring vs. Ukraine 422
• 4.2. Larisa Yakubova. The Ukrainian Issue in Russia's Foreign Policy Strategy 476
• 4.3. Larisa Yakubova. Away from Moscow: Version 2.0 525
• Afterword. Lessons and Prospects of Ukrainian Nation-Building 542
• Abbreviations 546
• Insertion of Names 550