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Odessa and Lvov or Odesa and Lviv: How Important is a Letter? Reflections on the “Other” in Two Ukrainian Cities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Abel Polese  and
Anna Wylegala
Abel Polese
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP. Email: abelpolese@hotmail.com and abel@ehess.fr.
Anna Wylegala
Affiliation:
Warsaw School for Social Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. Email: annyczka@yahoo.ca
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Independence forced Ukraine to face a set of statehood and nationhood challenges. State and institution building progressed quickly and effectively. In 1996 the country adopted a constitution and based its institution building on pre-existing ones. Having been a Soviet Republic, Ukraine's institutions were shaped well before 1991—if we exclude the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic corps. The country also diligently quelled Crimean separatism by granting a high level of autonomy to the region, with Kiev retaining control of financial matters.

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , November 2008 , pp. 787 - 814
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Copyright © 2008 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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