Interethnic Relations and Ethnic Tolerance in Ukraine.

Germans4.434.48+0.05

Crimean Tatars5.094.55–0.54**

Slovaks–4.55Hungarians4.244.59+0.35**

Moldavians–4.59

Romanians4.564.69+0.13*

Serbians–4.77–

Georgians5.264.86–0.40**

Turks–4.91

Gypsies5.555.09–0.46**

(* p < 0.05; **< 0.01)

The rise in tolerance towards Georgians can be primarily explained by the fact that certain political forces in Ukraine actively supported the Georgian side in the GeorgianAbkhazian conflict (more specifically, many Ukraine’s citizens went on relief missions to Georgia in 1993–1994). Due to a rather wide proGeorgian propaganda campaign on the Ukrainian TV Channel UTAR and the involvement of a part of Ukraine’s population in the events in Georgia (family and friendly ties and contacts with people who supported the Georgian side), an increase in tolerance of Georgians occurred.

7. Dynamics of Relationships between Ukrainians and Ethnic Russians

A rising national tolerance towards ethnic Russians and a declining tolerance towards Ukrainians are main trends in the development of relationships between Ukrainians and ethnic Russians (see Table 6).

Table 7 gives the data characterizing regional peculiarities of dynamics of attitudes towards Ukrainians and ethnic Russians .

Table 7

Dynamics of the Population ‘s Attitudes to Ukrainians and Ethnic Russians: Regional Peculiarities

Index of intolerance of UkrainiansIndex of intolerance of Russians

Regions1992199419921994

Kiev1.671.652.172.08

the western region1.371.75**3.142.97

the central region1.331.41 .2.581.79**

the eastern region1.582.03**2.052.24*

the southern region1.862.022.842.22**

the Crimea2.272.761.832.34*