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Bibliography of Ukrainian history. Flag of modern Ukraine. Historical map of Ukrainian lands. Map of modern Ukraine (claims and control as of 23 February 2022) Principalities of Kievan Rus' (1054–1132) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1991) Kyiv. Odesa. Dnipro. Kherson. Lviv. Coat of Arms of Ukraine.
U of I Library Call Number: Main Stacks 016.91477 UK7 (print). History, Philosophy & Newspaper Library FILM 016.91477 UK7 (microfilm) This publication in part supplements the national bibliography of books. It lists, selectively, Ukrainian language publications issued in the USSR, inside and outside the territory of Ukraine and includes ...
- The Emergence of The Kyivan Rus State
- The Importance of Kyiv
- The Mongol Invasion
- The Pull of Russia
Today, Kyiv is the capital city of Ukraine. A millennium ago, it was the heart of what is known as the Kyivan Rus state. Between the 8th and 11th centuries, Norse traders sailed the river routes from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Predominantly Swedish in origin, they found their way to the Byzantine Empireand even attacked Persia from the Caspian Se...
The Rus tribes are the ancestors of those who still bear their name today, the Russian and Belarussian people, as well as those of Ukraine. Kyiv was referred to by the 12th century as the ‘mother of Rus cities’, effectively denoting it as the capital of the Kyivan Rus state. The rulers of the region were styled Grand Princes of Kyiv. This associati...
In 1223, the irresistible expansion of the Mongol Hordereached the Kyivan Rus state. On 31 May, the Battle of the Kalka River was fought, resulting in a decisive Mongol victory. Although the horde left the region after the battle, the damage had been done, and they would return in 1237 to complete the conquering of Kyivan Rus. This began the break ...
Cossacks, who are mostly closely linked with Kyiv and Ukraine, began to resist the control of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and rebelled in favour of joining Russia. Under the Grand Princes of Moscow, since 1371, Russia had been slowly forming from disparate states. The process was completed in the 1520s under Vasily III. A Russian state appea...
A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian ...
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Andrew, Christopher and Mitrokhin, Vasili, The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB ( New York : Basic Books, 1999 ). Andrews, Josephine, When Majorities Fail: The Russian Parliament 1990–1993 ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002 ).
Sep 8, 2022 · Citations. Metrics. Reprints & Permissions. View PDF View EPUB. The Russian–Ukrainian relationship has been framed by contrasting and competing historical narratives, which might be characterized as a narrative of empire and colonial rule vs. one of sovereignty and self-determination.
richness of the country’s distinct culture and to see how Ukraine existed as a modern nation even before it was recognized as a sovereign nation-state in 1991. The purpose of this class, then, is to trace Ukraine’s history through its literature in English translation.
