Olexander Hryb 
Understanding Contemporary Ukrainian and Russian Nationalism 
The Post-Soviet Cossack Revival and Ukraine’s National Security

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.

Über den Autor

Dr. Olexander Hryb is a Specialist Reserve Officer in the British Army with over 20 years of experience in research, analysis, media and PR. He studied history at the I. Franko National University of Lviv, Society and Politics at the Central European University in Prague, and Sociology of Culture at the Graduate School for Social Research in Warsaw. Olexander worked as a broadcaster and online journalist for BBC World Service, BBC Monitoring, Polish Radio, and various commercial publications. He currently works as a Cultural Adviser on Eastern Europe for the Defence Cultural Specialist Unit in the British Army. His articles have appeared in the Ukrainian Review (London), John Harper Publishing’s Border and Territorial Disputes of the World Series, and most recently in the British Army Review.