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A national consciousness is a shared sense of national identity,〔(PDF )〕that is a shared understanding that a people group shares a common ethnic/linguistic/cultural background. Historically, a rise in national consciousness has been the first step towards the creation of a nation. Nationalism requires first a national consciousness, the awareness of national communality of a group of people, or nation.〔(The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics ) Ivo Banac Google Books〕 National identities in Europe and the Americas developed along with the idea of political sovereignty invested in the people of the state. In Eastern Europe, it was also often linked to ethnicity and culture.〔 An awakening of national consciousness is frequently ascribed to national heroes and is associated with national symbols, and was part of the dissolution of Yugoslavia,〔(As formal end nears some lament passing of the Yugoslavia they knew ) nytimes.com 1992/01/15〕 Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 was credited with increasing Ukraine's national consciousness.〔(Ukraine voters to pass verdict on pro-Europe politics ) BBC News 24 October 2014〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「national consciousness」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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