title: Ethnic Structure of Contemporary Ukraine
abstract: The Soviet nationalities policy, aiming to shape one "Soviet nation", had weakened to great extent the sense of national identity and of cultural and religious distinctiveness of both the Ukrainians and representatives of national minorities.As A. Fedorenko points out, "The Soviet Union established a solid structure, allowing it to conduct the efficient policy and creating its own version of national identity by the complex network of schools of all levels and the system of mass media".The Sovie
journal: Confrontation and Cooperation 1000 Years of Polish-German-Russian Relations