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Valentyn Moroz: A Voice of the Ukrainian National Renaissance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Konstantyn Sawczuk
Konstantyn Sawczuk*
Affiliation:
St. Peter's College
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The fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics has come and gone in 1972, but the grave problems concerning the “national question” in this multi-national state have not withered away. On the contrary, they have become more acute; the “national question” is far from solved. no matter what the official line from the Kremlin tries to present. The dissatisfaction with Moscow's policies towards the non-Russian nationalities has assumed the form of anti-Kremlin dissent, or, rather, opposition. Voices in defense of national rights, traditions and languages are being heard in several non-Russian Republics. In Ukraine, the largest non-Russian Republic, this opposition is being forged into a new. twentieth century National Renaissance. One of the leading figures of this movement is Va1entyn Moroz. This paper is devoted to him.

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Research Article
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Summer 1973 , pp. 1 - 9
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Copyright © Association for the Study of Nationalities of Eastern Europe, 1973 

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1. See, for example, Peter Reddaway (ed.), Uncensored Russia: Protest and Dissent in the Soviet Union (New York: American Heritage Press, 1972), Part IV as well as section of Part VI; also see Conflict Studies, December 1972, No. 30. The whole issue is devoted to ethnic pressures in the Soviet Union.Google Scholar

2. The essay “Moses and Dathan” is not discussed in this paper, since, to my knowledge, it has not been published abroad.Google Scholar

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