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Kyiv has faced adversity before – and a stronger Ukrainian identity grew in response

  • Written by Matthew Pauly, Associate Professor of History, Michigan State University
imageUkrainian soldiers on the the streets of Kyiv in 1917.Wikimedia Commons

This is not the first time residents of Kyiv have fought to defend the city from an encroaching, larger army.

On Jan. 30, 1918, a force made up primarily of military cadets and hastily armed students took up positions at Kruty, a railway stop northeast of Kyiv, to defend the...

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