The central theme of this three-volume work is the transformation of a “mental” Ukraine into a real one — of a people into a nation, and of a territory into a state. Geopolitical challenges, inhuman trials, intellectual quests, and the everyday concerns of Ukrainians are presented within the chronotope of the “long Ukrainian century” — the era of the Ukrainian Revolution and the national liberation struggle that began in 1917 and, in the authors’ interpretation, continues to this day.

The third volume focuses on the period of Independence and offers an essential summary of three decades of Ukraine’s post-totalitarian transition. Its main focus is on the contradictions of internal development and external geopolitical pressures, the inherited traumas of the totalitarian era, and idealistic illusions that became the foundation for the rise of an oligarchic republic. The book also reflects on the experience of three modern Ukrainian revolutions and the Russian-Ukrainian war as defining events shaping the historical fate of Ukraine and Ukrainians in the global world.

This volume is intended for everyone who seeks to know, understand, and truly feel Ukraine.

Second edition.

Length: 712 pages. Hardcover.