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Cover -- The Institutional Foundations Of Ukrainian Democracy: Power Sharing, Regionalism, And Authoritarianism -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations, Maps, And Table -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Table -- List Of Abbreviations And Glossary -- Note On Transliteration -- Epigraph -- Maps -- Introduction -- Ukraine And Russia During The Post-soviet Transition -- General Observations -- Methodological Approach -- Central Argument: Institutional Change Versus Institutional Continuity -- The Soviet Legacy Of Weak Presidency The Soviet Legacy Of Regionalism -- The Centre-region Configuration In Ukraine -- Sources -- Overview Of The Chapters -- 1: Centralized Administration In Ukraine For Ukraine -- Introduction: The Central Rada -- Transformation Of The Bolshevik View On Centralized Administration In Ukraine -- Lenin's Stance On Centralized Administration In Ukraine -- Agenda Of The Kyiv Bolsheviks: A Party And A Soviet Government For Ukraine -- Ukraine's Bolsheviks Try To Consolidate The Ukrainian Soviet Centre -- Institutional Interests Clash -- Decision On The Centre In 1919 Ukrainian Central Administration: From Temporary To Permanent -- New Status: Expectation Of New Power Dynamic -- Conclusion -- 2: New System -- Introduction -- Part I: 1921 -- Asserting Distinctiveness -- Ukrainization -- Asserting Control Over Resources -- The Relationship With The Periphery -- Part Ii: 1922 -- Control Over Resources -- Consolidating The Party -- An Attempt To Formalize Relations -- Unity Of The Ukrainian Leadership Broken -- Recentralization Of The Rkp(b) Continues -- The Ukrainian Central Committee Weakened -- Rakovsky's Loss -- No Clean Victory For Stalin Just Yet Part Iii: 1923-1925 -- The Ukrainian Leadership Institutionally Weak -- The Cp(b)u Fragmented -- Differentiation Within The Cp(b)u -- A Timid Attempt To Unite The Cp(b)u -- Conclusion -- 3: Industrialization, Collectivization, Centralization: No Place For The Ukra