1. The Little Russian Idea and the Invention of a Rus′ Nation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note to the Reader xiii
6. Abbreviations xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Part One: The Little Russian Idea and the Russian Empire
9. 1. The Little Russian Idea and the Invention of a Rus′ Nation 21
10. 2. The Little Russian Idea in the 1860s 58
11. 3. The Little Russian Idea and the Imagination of Russian and Ukrainian Nations 87
12. Part Two: The Urban Crucible
13. 4. Nationalizing Urban Politics 117
14. 5 Concepts of Liberation 150
15. Part Three: Forging a Russian Nation
16. 6. Electoral Politics and Regional Governance 181
17. 7. Nationalizing the Empire 211
18. 8. The Limits of the Russian Nationalist Vision 244
19. Epilogue 274
20. Selected Bibliography 285
21. Index 315