The Ukrainian Question—The Russian Empire and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Tsarist government imposed restrictions on the Ukrainian language print materials through the promulgation of the Valuev Circular of 1863 and the Ems Edict of 1876. Miller (of Central European U., Hungary and the Russian Academy of Sciences) explores the bureaucratic and administrative origins of the prohibitions in light of the relationship between empire and nation in Russian public thought. The "Ukrainian question," he believes, held a central role in the development of Russian nationalism and the later development of Ukrainian nationalism. Distributed by Books International. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)