Postkomunizm na Ukrainie w świetle koncepcji „trzech początków”
Post-Communism in Ukraine in the light of the concept "Three origins"

Summary/Abstract: As the result of the fall of the Soviet Union, the process of building (and rebuilding) the Ukrainian identity took on new dynamics. The type and specificity of the Ukrainian version of post -communism are important factors which determine this process. In the article, the author demonstrates that the first split in the communist elites in Ukraine occurred as a consequence of the following dividing line: „the country – servants of Moscow”. It happened even before the Bolsheviks seized real power over Ukraine. Then, it was a significant factor which consolidated the Ukrainian dissident movement. Not long ago, the conflict resulting from the division „the country – servants of Moscow” resurfaced during the so -called „Orange Revolution”. In accordance with Jadwiga Staniszkis’s theoretical findings, and in particular in the light of the concept of „the three beginnings”, these facts allow us to state that the Ukrainian version of post communism belongs to the Central -European type. This was confirmed by the events surrounding the presidential election of 2004.

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