Chapter 4 The Outskirts of Europe: Does European Donbas Exist?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Translator’s Acknowledgements viii
4. Preface. The Ukrainian East: Forget Everything (You Thought) You Knew about Donbas xi
5. Chapter 1 The Myth of Donbas: An Attempt at Deconstruction 1
6. Chapter 2 The Story of Poshtovkh 19
7. Chapter 3 The “Interrupted Renaissance” of Donbas: Art as Protest and Protest as Art 30
8. Chapter 4 The Outskirts of Europe: Does European Donbas Exist? 43
9. Chapter 5 The Villages of Ukraine’s East as Carriers of Ukrainian Markers 69
10. Chapter 6 “Go Set a Watchman”: Protestants, Orthodox Christians, Greek-Catholic Christians, and Muslims of Ukraine’s East 80
11. An Almost-Afterword: Shakhtar Donetsk FC, Soccer, and the Role of Ultras in the Fight for the Country 103
12. Afterword: In a Train Compartment with People from Donetsk, or Where Ukraine’s Sun Rises 107
13. Key Sources 112