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Pan-Slavism, Russian populism and the annexation of Crimea

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
30/11/2019
27 minutes to read

The annexation of Crimea was regarded as a huge success by Russian Pan-Slavists and as a victory against the West. This article examines how Pan-Slavism and populist discourse contributed to the annexation of the region.