Does the history of Galicia really begin only in 1772? What internal threatening challenges did this region experience in the 19th century? Has Galicia fulfilled its role as the “Ukrainian Piedmont”? What was the mission of leading Galician intellectuals? What is the geopolitical significance of the region? Will Galicia become the modern “Ukrainian Bavaria”? These and many other problems are treated in the book of the famous essayist-culturist, literary critic, historiographer and political scientist Oleg Bagan, who finds original, journalistically updated illumination for them. The book consists of a series of studies and essays that holistically form a monographic study of the specifics of Galician identity and cultural consciousness.
The publication is addressed to cultural scholars, literary critics, historians, political scientists, humanities students, and a wide circle of admirers of the Ukrainian past and culture.