title: Western Historians of “Russia” and Crimea: Why do they Continue to Use Imperialist and Racist Frameworks?
abstract: The body of the article goes on to discuss the problem of Russian imperial historical frameworks used prior to the disintegration of the USSR. The article sheds the light on the issue of histories of Ukraine that derided as “nationalists” by the Soviet and post-Soviet Russian regimes and by Western historians of “Russia”. According to the western historians, the Russian empire used to position itself as a homogeneous nation-state rather than as a multi-ethnic empire. Noteworthy, the author delve
journal: Modern Historical and Political Issues