Being ‘Ukrainian’, for the hordes of patriotic young people manning a starburst of new charities and campaign groups in the capital, is not about wha… - Anna Reid
" "Being ‘Ukrainian’, for the hordes of patriotic young people manning a starburst of new charities and campaign groups in the capital, is not about what your surname is or what language you speak. It is about making a moral choice, about wanting a decent country and being a decent person. They are proud that the Ukrainian journalist who initiated the Maidan is Afghan by background, and that the first two demonstrators shot dead by police were ethnically Belarussian and Georgian.
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About Anna Reid
Anna Reid, (born 1965) is an English journalist whose work focuses primarily on the history of Eastern Europe. She is the author of three books on Eastern European history: Borderland: a journey through the history of Ukraine (1997/2015), The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia (2003), and Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II: 1941-1944 (2011).
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