From Commonwealth to Ukraine: The Reconceptualization of 'Fatherland' in Cossack Political Culture (1660s–1680s)
| Autor: | Zenon E. Kohut |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Canadian Slavonic Papers. 56:269-289 |
| ISSN: | 2375-2475 0008-5006 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00085006.2014.11417929 |
| Popis: | This article shows how the Cossacks developed the concept of a united Cossack Ukraine on both banks of the Dnipro as their “fatherland” and began viewing this “fatherland” as an object of common identity, loyalty, and reverence. It demonstrates that in a period of two decades the Cossack elite underwent a major shift in group identity from considering as its fatherland the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in favour of a Cossack Ukrainian/Little Russian polity. It further indicates that all major political actors in Cossack Ukraine accepted and adopted this concept and that by the late 1680s the idea of a Ukrainian/Little Russian fatherland had become entrenched in early modern Ukrainian political culture. Finally, it points to the long-term consequences of this identity shift on relations with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Muscovy/Russia, and the emergence of a modern Ukrainian identity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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