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Raymond J. de Souza: Ukrainian protests reflect a healthy democracy

Ukraine has managed, remarkably, to preserve and even enhance its democratic culture during the restrictions of wartime

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KRAKÓW, Poland — It’s been three years since I last visited Kraków, an historic European capital and a good place to think about developments in Ukraine.

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During the Habsburg period of the 19th century, Kraków and Lviv, now western Ukraine’s principal city, were both governed from Vienna. When Poland regained its independence at the conclusion of World War I with the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Kraków and Lviv remained together in the new Polish republic. The ties are deep in history, with moments of both harmony and hostility.

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Cracovians, for reasons of both geography and the not-too-distant past, think more about Ukraine than in other places. Three developments in the past three years are noteworthy.

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