Nationalism national identity and ethnicity are complex social phenomena worldwide and
especially so in post-Soviet Ukraine. This monograph explores the causes and conditions of
post-communist nationalist revivals focusing on the re-emergence of Cossack movements in Russia
and Ukraine since the late 1980s. The study explores how different theories of nationalist
movements underpinned different national policies and ultimately different socially
constructed realities that led to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
