Ukraine in histories and stories. Essays by Ukrainian intellectuals (англ.)

PREFACE by Peter Pomerantsev 9
INTRODUCTION: Tabula rasa, or How to Find
A Ukrainian Terra Incognita, by Andriy Kulakov 13

HISTORIES
Ukraine: A Brief but Global History of Ukrainian Bread,
by Yaroslav Hrytsak 23
Rus’, Cossacks and Ukraine’s Identity,
interview with Serhii Plokhy 43

IDENTITIES
Ukrainian Culture and Literature,
interview with Yuri Andrukhovych 61
Ukrainians. From A Historical Matrix to the Present Day,
by Andriy Kurkov 89

ARCHETYPES
Steppe, Empire, and Cruelty, by Volodymyr Yermolenko 103
A Split Heart of Incompleteness, by Andrij Bondar 121

STORIES
Ukraine as a Movie, by Irena Karpa 137
You Know It Better Than Me, by Haska Shyyan 153

MOTHERLANDS
Majority as a Minority, by Larysa Denysenko 169
Gaining a Motherland, by Vakhtang Kebuladze 185

PAINS
Donbas – Ukraine, a Life Journey, by Volodymyr Rafeenko 201
Ukraine and Crimean Tatars, interview with Alim Aliev 215

RELATIONS
Ukrainian-Polish relations, interview with Ola Hnatiuk 229
Ukrainians and Jews, interview with Leonid Finberg 253

STEREOTYPES
Neither Admiration Nor Fear:
Stereotypes About Ukraine in Germany, by Andriy Portnov 273
Insecure Security of Ukraine, by Hanna Shelest 287