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Medieval Ukraine
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-02-03
Medieval Ukraine written by Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-03 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Had I just 10,000 Cossacks, I would have conquered the whole world." - Napoleon Bonaparte The history of Ukraine is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The region was relatively sparsely populated for much of ancient history, a wilderness of rivers, forests, and steppes, but that does not detract from the rich historical development of the region. A huge area, Ukraine is wedged between the continents of Asia and Europe, and its position as a crossroads ensured there was fierce competition for influence there. Historians have called the formation of Ukraine the "establishment of a unity among three zones...the ports of Crimea and the coast, the rich steppe heartland, and the forests," based around the themes of "geography, ecology and culture." Today's Ukraine is a huge country, incorporating an area over 600,000 square kilometers and home to 42 million people. It stretches from the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea in the south to Belarus in the north, Russia to the east, and Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west. The Dnieper River is the region's key waterway, running into the Black Sea, while the Danube Delta also forms its border with modern-day Romania to the southwest. A steppe exists in the middle of the country while the Carpathian Mountains feature in the west. This geographical formation has influenced some of the country's key historical developments, as well as the location of its major settlements. Kiev (known today as Kyiv) is, of course, the longstanding capital of the country, located on the Dnieper River in the central northern part of modern Ukraine. Lviv is another large city, located in the northwest near the border with Poland. Odessa is a seaside city on the Black Sea in Ukraine's southwest, while Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk are major cities in the country's east, close to the Russian border. Some historians believe that Kiev, Ukraine's capital city, was founded by Khazars, as the word is a Turkic language composite of "riverbank" and "settlement," and the city contained a significant population of Jewish Khazars. Others believe the city predates the Khazars and actually emerged as a trading route in the 6th century CE, mainly populated by Slavs. One legend outlines how Kiev was named after Kyi, the eldest of four siblings (Shchek, Khoryv, and Lybid were the others) who hold a legendary place in Ukrainian folklore, either as travelers, emissaries, or warriors. This is documented in the Rus' Primary Chronicle, written in the 12th century CE. As with so many other parts of medieval history, the facts remain often contested. Nevertheless, what is known is that one of the first great catalysts of Ukrainian history occurred when the Khazars came into conflict with the Rus, conquering tribes from the northwest. After those cultures helped develop the region, the legendary Cossacks arrived during the early modern period and dominated the region for several centuries, forming an independent republic that helped forge Ukrainian identity to this day. The modern myth of the Cossack presents striking images of a stern warrior mounted on horseback, with a long woolen coat, papakha (distinctive tall fur cap ) and fur-lined cloak, with bandoliers holding large-caliber bullets crisscrossing his chest. The warrior is armed with a mixture of rifle, lance, daggers and pistols, but he always has his signature weapons: the shashka (a single-edged, guard-less, slightly curved saber originally designed by the Circassian foes) and the nagyka (short, thick whip of braided leather with a heavy weight worked into the end originally designed for fighting off wolves but more commonly used in later years against enemies of the state in the streets of Moscow or Odessa).
Rus And Ukraine In Medieval Times
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Author : George D. Knysh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Rus And Ukraine In Medieval Times written by George D. Knysh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Civilization, Medieval categories.
The Medieval History Of Ukraine A Fascinating Story Of Culture People Religions And More
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Author : Haywood Godsman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-16
The Medieval History Of Ukraine A Fascinating Story Of Culture People Religions And More written by Haywood Godsman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-16 with categories.
Prehistoric Ukraine, as part of the Pontic steppe, has played an important role in Eurasian cultural contacts, including the spread of the Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age, Indo-European expansion, and the domestication of the horse. Part of Scythia in antiquity and settled by Getae, in the migration period, Ukraine is also the site of early Slavic expansion and enters history proper with the establishment of the medieval state of Kievan Rus, which emerged as a powerful nation in the Middle Ages but disintegrated in the 12th century. After the middle of the 14th century, present-day Ukrainian territories came under the rule of three external powers. This book is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The region was relatively sparsely populated for much of ancient history, a wilderness of rivers, forests, and steppes, but that does not detract from the rich historical development of the region. A huge area, Ukraine is wedged between the continents of Asia and Europe, and its position as a crossroads ensured there was fierce competition for influence there. Historians have called the formation of Ukraine the establishment of unity among three zones the ports of Crimea and the coast, the rich steppe heartland, and the forests, based around the themes of geography, ecology, and culture. Buy this book now.
Ukraine In Medieval Time
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Author : Reid Rafi
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-12-08
Ukraine In Medieval Time written by Reid Rafi and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-08 with categories.
Prehistoric Ukraine, as part of the Pontic steppe, has played an important role in Eurasian cultural contacts, including the spread of the Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age, Indo-European expansion, and the domestication of the horse. Part of Scythia in antiquity and settled by Getae, in the migration period, Ukraine is also the site of early Slavic expansion and enters history proper with the establishment of the medieval state of Kievan Rus, which emerged as a powerful nation in the Middle Ages but disintegrated in the 12th century. After the middle of the 14th century, present-day Ukrainian territories came under the rule of three external powers. This book is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The region was relatively sparsely populated for much of ancient history, a wilderness of rivers, forests, and steppes, but that does not detract from the rich historical development of the region. A huge area, Ukraine is wedged between the continents of Asia and Europe, and its position as a crossroads ensured there was fierce competition for influence there. Historians have called the formation of Ukraine the establishment of unity among three zones the ports of Crimea and the coast, the rich steppe heartland, and the forests, based around the themes of geography, ecology, and culture. Buy this book now.
The Right Of Blood Revenge In A Medieval Ukraine
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Author : Volodymyr Machuskyy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Right Of Blood Revenge In A Medieval Ukraine written by Volodymyr Machuskyy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
The idea and practice of blood-revenge existed in ancient societies around the world. Because of its high prevalence and significance, blood-revenge as a social phenomenon for a long time was the subject of study of a sufficiently large number of scientists, representatives of various sciences from many countries. The scientific diversity in the context of the study of blood revenge paradoxically leads to contradictory scientific results and, as a consequence, makes it difficult to obtain true knowledge about the nature of blood-revenge. Hence, there was an objective need to study the general patterns of the emergence, functioning and gradual withering away of blood-revenge as a special institute in the system of social regulation of the medieval society on the territory of modern Ukraine.Main conclusions: 1. The right of blood-revenge is a social institution of collective security in a primitive society aimed at protecting individuals from violent crimes.2. The evolution of the right of blood-revenge in Kyivan Rus was due to the transformation from the right of blood-revenge into a cash ransom and, subsequently, in the death penalty as a surrogate of the right of blood-revenge.
History Of Ukraine Rus
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Author : Mykhailo Hrushevsky
language : en
Publisher: CIUS Press
Release Date : 2020-11-03
History Of Ukraine Rus written by Mykhailo Hrushevsky and has been published by CIUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-03 with History categories.
Volume 2 is the central volume of the first cycle of the History of Ukraine-Rus'—a cycle in which Mykhailo Hrushevsky explores, chiefly, the history of the Ukrainian lands during the medieval period, until the dissolution of the Rus' state on western Ukrainian territories in the fourteenth century. This middle volume of the cycle describes the crucial Kyiv-centered period of the evolution of the medieval Rus' polity. During that period—in particular, in the eleventh and twelfth centuries—the Kyivan princely and military retinue system reached the height of its development. Kyiv controlled vast territories in eastern Europe; the political activities and influence of Rus' princes were at their peak; and Old Rus' culture, art, and literature flourished. However, as Hrushevsky demonstrates, the underlying structure of the Kyivan state was progressively losing strength and falling into decline. He points to two major trends in this process. The first was the detachment of individual lands and the weakening of relations between them. And the second was the decline of the main political center—Kyiv. The political system of Rus' became greatly weakened by internecine princely conflicts and by warfare with nomadic invaders from the steppe. In the end, under the onslaught of the most powerful of such nomadic hordes—the Tatar-Mongol army—Kyiv fell in the 1240s and its role as a political center of the Old Rus' state came to an end.
European Expansion And The Contested Borderlands Of Late Medieval Podillya Ukraine
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Author : Vitaliy Mykhaylovskiy
language : en
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
Release Date : 2019
European Expansion And The Contested Borderlands Of Late Medieval Podillya Ukraine written by Vitaliy Mykhaylovskiy and has been published by ARC Humanities Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Cultural pluralism categories.
This book tells the history of Europe's eastern frontier, and particularly medieval Podillya, as a dynamic nexus of cultural, political, economic, and religious interaction.
History Of Ukraine Rus The Eleventh To Thirteenth Centuries
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Author : Михайло Грушевський
language : en
Publisher:
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History Of Ukraine Rus The Eleventh To Thirteenth Centuries written by Михайло Грушевський and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Kievan Rus categories.
The History of Ukraine-Rus' is the most comprehensive account of the ancient, medieval, and early modern history of the Ukrainian people. Written by Ukraine's greatest historian, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, the ten-volume History remains unsurpassed in its use of sources and literature. The English-language edition makes the national history of Europe's largest new state available to the English reader for the first time. At the launch of Volume 1, the late Professor Thomas Noonan of the University of Minnesota referred to the Hrushevsky Translation Project as "one of North America's most important and ambitious publishing projects in East Slavic history." --
Medieval Rus Ukraine And The Emergence Of Three East Slav Nations
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Author : Nicholas D. Chubati
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Medieval Rus Ukraine And The Emergence Of Three East Slav Nations written by Nicholas D. Chubati and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
Medieval Rus Ukraine And The Emergence Of Three East Slav Nations
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Author : Микола Чубатий
language : uk
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Medieval Rus Ukraine And The Emergence Of Three East Slav Nations written by Микола Чубатий and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.