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“Historical Russia”: Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish Nationalisms

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The personality of Prince Vyshnevetsky in historical retrospective reflected the basic principles of Ukrainian foreign and domestic policy from the 1890s to the 1910s: the loyalty of official Kyiv to the ideals of Orthodox-Slavic unity; good neighborly and partnership relations with Russia, Belarus, Moldova, and Poland; benevolent neutrality in relations with Turkey; and public consensus between all ethnic and religious groups and forces within the country, which completely suited the Kremlin.

The Montreux Convention and the Russia-Ukraine War

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The existing convention on the Turkish Straits, known as the “Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits” or simply the “Montreux Convention,” was signed on July 20, 1936, between nine states including Turkey, at the meeting held at Montreux, Switzerland under the pre-World War II conditions.