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Mykola Riabchuk. At the Fence of Metternich's Garden
Introduction
(1) Behind the Fence. 1
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(2) Barbecue in the European Garden
(3) Ambiguous Borderland
Traumatic experience
A long way ahead
(4) ‘Eurasian’ Othering
Taking the Russian side
(5) Metaphors of Betrayal
The West and the Rest
Values and interests
Left in the cold
Difficult choice
(6) Not-So-Unexpected Nation
The Kyivan Ruś controversy, or Who is the ‘big brother’?
Divided we stand
(7) Pluralism by Default
From a dysfunctional to a blackmail state
Revolution as a return to evolution
Avenues of opportunity
(8) What’s Left of Orange Ukraine?
Ambivalent results
Ukraine’s ‘muddling through’
Homework delayed
(9) The End of Post-Soviet Pragmatism?
(10) After the Crash
Encouraged lawlessness
Profound mistrust
Silver lining
(11) Maidan 2.0
The last hope
Two Maidans
(12) The Fourteenth Worst Place. 1
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(13) Dying for ‘Europe’
(14) Crying Wolf
The art of chutzpah
Propaganda as a self-fulfilling prophecy
(15) Ukraine’s Ordeal
Big Brother’s embrace
Undeclared war
(Im)possible settlement
(16) Passions over Federalization
(17) On the “Wrong” and “Right” Ukrainians
East Slavonic ‘ummah’
Uneasy emancipation
The ‘Two Ukraines’ reconsidered
Forging a civic nation
(18) Turn to the Right—and Back. 1
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(19) My Polish Schism. Looking westward
Polish heresy
Velvet curtain
Beyond the walls
(20) A Fortress of Rules
Consul à la Kafka
Collective punishment
God bless America
An (im)probable road map
(21) Repossessions. 1
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(22) Eight Jews in Search of a Grandfather
A Jewish family
The Chernivtsi Odyssey
Business
Ukrainian Antisemitism
Berdychiv
‘Next Year in Jerusalem’
(23) How I Became a ‘Czechoslovak’ 1
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How (and why) I still remain a ‘Czechoslovak’. A 2018 afterword
(24) On Bridges and Walls. 1
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(25) An Incident
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