Download or read book Russian Centralism and Ukrainian Autonomy written by Zenon E. Kohut and published by Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. This book was released on 1988 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kohut examines the struggle between Russian centralism and Ukrainian autonomy. He concentrates on the period from the reign of Catherine II, during which Ukrainian institutions were abolished, to the 1830s, when Ukrainian society had been integrated into the imperial system.