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The local identity of industrial regions of Ukraine: Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk. An Outline (Summary)The article studies the coming into existence and development of regional identities in the two most industrialized regions of Ukraine: Donbas and Dnepropetrovsk. Territorial identity is analyzed using the following criteria: basic confl icts regarding outlook, the establishment and development of regional elites, political, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic factors, attitude to the centre of the state. Identities are discussed as the key components of the postmodernistic ideology of the Ukrainian political elite.
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The local identity of industrial regions of Ukraine: Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk. An Outline (Summary)The article studies the coming into existence and development of regional identities in the two most industrialized regions of Ukraine: Donbas and Dnepropetrovsk. Territorial identity is analyzed using the following criteria: basic confl icts regarding outlook, the establishment and development of regional elites, political, ethnic, cultural and socio-economic factors, attitude to the centre of the state. Identities are discussed as the key components of the postmodernistic ideology of the Ukrainian political elite.