title: Revealing Pan-Slavic Russian Imperialism
abstract: Manuel Ferez: You specialize in Slavic studies, Russia and Poland.To start with could you explain the meaning of the term "Slavic", and why this ostensibly neutral term has caused so much controversy within Russian historical revisionist paradigm, led by Vladimir Putin and supported by state-sponsored historians in Russia, especially when we speak of Ukraine and its identity?Ewa Thompson: The word "Slavic" refers to linguistic and anthropologic similarities rather than to cultural proximity.Slav
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