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3 days ago · Geographical and historical treatment of Ukraine, including maps and statistics as well as a survey of its people, economy, and government. Ukraine is located in eastern Europe and is the second largest country on the continent after Russia.
- History
Prehistory. From prehistoric times, migration and settlement...
- Economy
Ukraine - Agriculture, Industry, Trade: Ukraine’s modern...
- Cultural Life
Ukraine - Culture, Traditions, Cuisine: Ukraine possesses a...
- People
Ukraine - Ethnicity, Religion, Language: When Ukraine was a...
- Languages
Ukraine - Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish: The vast majority of...
- Soils
Ukraine - Soils, Climate, Agriculture: From northwest to...
- Health and Welfare
Ukraine - Health, Welfare, Reforms: In theory, all citizens...
- Independent Ukraine
Ukraine - Culture, History, Politics: The population of...
- History
3 days ago · Prehistory. From prehistoric times, migration and settlement patterns in the territories of present-day Ukraine varied fundamentally along the lines of three geographic zones. The Black Sea coast was for centuries in the sphere of the contemporary Mediterranean maritime powers.
2 days ago · Pagan Ukrainians Worshiped Bread. Depicting grains on the pottery was only the beginning of Ukrainians reverence for bread, which has only grown since. Ukrainians' pagan ancestors had a pantheon of gods and a vast array of religious symbols. Their beliefs were generally pantheistic, but one of their most important symbols was, of course, bread.
1 day ago · Ukraine - Politics, Constitution, Autonomy: The government of Ukraine underwent rapid change in the early 1990s. Before its declaration of independence in 1991, Ukraine was officially called the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (S.S.R.) and was part of the Soviet Union.
4 days ago · Modern Imperialisms and the Origins of the Russia-Ukraine War. Konstantin Sonin. The Russia-Ukraine war that started in February 2022 and has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths by mid-2024 is the largest and bloodiest inter-state conflict in the world in decades; it has already re-shaped and will be further re-shaping European economic ...
5 days ago · NPR's Scott Simon talks with Yale historian and best-selling author Timothy Snyder about his new book, "On Freedom," and how we misunderstand the concept. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
7 minutes ago · The history of Ukraine has for long been considered as a diaspora discipline defined through its narrow ethnonational focus, with western scholars viewing the history through the lens of nationalism. This conference aims to challenge these views and discuss new perspectives of the history and historiography of Ukraine as European and global ...
