Edited by: Sonia Maryn, Kate Ryabchiy After the Russian Empire conquered Ukraine in the 18th century, the myth of a triune Rus emerged to justify the emerging empire. Ironically, some of Kyiv’s church elites contributed to westernizing the Russian empire. Still, eventually, the notion of brotherly peoples and the Great Russian nation turned into a … Continue reading Ukraine helped build the Russian empire. Now it stands in the way of its resurrection – Serhii Plokhii