A brief course on Russian-Ukrainian Leniniana. In Krytyka, No. 6 (104), 2006, pp. 21-25.

The article is a reflection on totalitarianism in Russian-Ukrainian relations. Particular attention is paid to the figure of Lenin and the events of 1917-1922. The author criticizes class reductionism for ignoring peasants as a separate social stratum with their own interests. It shows how Soviet power became the successor to Russia's imperial project. The author emphasizes that both Russian and non-Russian nationalists, as well as Russian liberals and supporters of monarchism, saw the destruction of the previous social order as an opportunity to put their own political vision into practice. He argues that Bolsheviks managed to win the sympathy of a number of Ukrainian nationalists due to formally recognizing Ukraine's independence and allowing it to retain certain educational and cultural freedoms. Stalin's totalitarian policy, in which councils and trade unions were seen as obstacles to the merging of the state with the masses, is also briefly mentioned.