%0 Journal Article
%T German policy towards the proclamation of Ukrainian independence and its aftermath in the last decade of the 20th century
%A Siekierka, Michał
%J Wschodnioznawstwo (Eastern Studies)
%V 2022
%R 10.4467/20827695WSC.22.022.16771
%N Volume 16
%P 376-393
%K Germany, Ukraine, eastern Germany policy in the 1990s
%@ 2082-7695
%D 2022
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/wschodnioznawstwo/article/polityka-niemiec-w-stosunku-do-proklamacji-ukrainskiej-niepodleglosci-i-jej-nastepstwa-w-ostatniej-dekadzie-xx-w
%X The purpose of the paper is to show the most important dimensions which shaped the German-Ukrainian relations in the year 1991 and and the rest of the 90s. Nature of these relationships remained asymmetric. There is no doubt that good relations with Russia were a priority for Germany in the 1990s compared to the former Soviet republics. The reasons for this can be found in many factors: political, economic and historical. The German-Ukrainian relations were strongly determined the German-Russian relations which were the main point of reference for Berlin’s eastern policy.