Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum: What Keeps the United States United?"

From "2 Shooting Deaths a First in Ukraine Protests," David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times:

The worsening violence came as Ukraine observed Unity Day, a commemoration of the unification of the eastern and western parts of the country in 1919 that is normally an occasion of national pride.

See also: John Brown, "Options for Ukraine: The Ukraine should seriously consider the option of working with all parties involved in its current crisis–including the European Union, Russia, and the United States–in taking possible steps toward its nonviolent dismemberment in a manner acceptable to its variegated population," Foreign Policy in Focus (2005)