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Andrzej Nowak is professor of history at Jagiellonian University and the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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The Empire That Catherine Erased
Catherine the Great dissolved the last vestiges of Ukraine’s tradition of self-government. It’s time to reevaluate her legacy in light of Russia’s brutality—and the Ruthenian traditions lost in her wake.