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CHILDREN OF RUS′ CHILDREN OF RUS′ Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation FAITH HILLIS cornell university press Ithaca and London Copyright © 2013 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 2013 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hillis, Faith, author Children of Rus′ : right-bank Ukraine and the invention of a Russian nation / Faith Hillis. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8014-5219-2 (cloth : alk. paper) .1 Nationalism—Ukraine—History—19th century. 2. Nationalism— Russia—History—19th century. 3. Ukraine—Politics and government— 19th century. 4. Russia—Politics and government—1801–1917. 5. Ukraine—Relations—Russia. 6. Russia—Relations—Ukraine. I. Title. D7 2.557HK0.052183 5342.00947—d 23c 2013008819 Cornell University Press strives to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the fullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. Such materials include vegetable-based, low-VOC inks and acid-free papers that are recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood fi bers. For further information, visit our website at www.cornellpress.cornell.edu. Cloth printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Reese contents List of Maps ix Acknowledgments xi Note to the Reader xiii Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 Part One | The Little Russian Idea and the Russian Empire 1 Th e Litt le Russian Idea and the Invention of a Rus′ Nation 21 2 Th e Litt le Russian Idea in the 1860s 58 3 Th e Litt le Russian Idea and the Imagination of Russian and Ukrainian Nations 87 Part Two | The Urban Crucible 4 Nationalizing Urban Politics 117 5 Concepts of Liberation 150 Part Three | Forging a Russian Nation 6 Electoral Politics and Regional Governance 181 7 Nationalizing the Empire 211 8 Th e Limits of the Russian Nationalist Vision 244 Epilogue 274 Selected Bibliography 285 Index 315 list of maps map 1.1 Rus′ principalities, eleventh century 23 map 1.2 Th e Cossack Hetmanate and the Russian empire, eighteenth century 28 map 1.3 Russia’s southwestern borderlands 33 map 4.1 Kiev, circa 1900 126 ix
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