Lifting the Yoke (Ukraine)

• 1994 ----- color ----- 58 min ----- vhs
• (Blood and Brotherhood series, Part 2) Bases the understanding of nationalism on the concept that nation is where your graves are. Michael Ignatieff, the series presenter, stands by his great-grandfather's grave, whose marble top still bears marks from when it was used as a butcher's block in Stalin's time. Examines the emotional effect of the establishment--or re-establishment--of an independent Ukraine: the looming ghost of Stalin, the fear of clashes between the Church and independence-minded nationalists, opinions on both sides on the imposition of the Ukrainian language, and the Russian people who chose to remain living inside the Ukraine.
• Topics: (Europe, History: Russian, East European and Central Asian, Political Science: Russian, East European and Central Asian, Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, War and Peace)