The Cossack Era

Kyivan Rus' Period

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Kyivan Rus' Period

Kyvian Rus’ start of getting it name from city called Kyiv where it was located spread from the Black Sea to the White Sea, also to the Carpathians through the Volga River. Being close to the water it gave the people easy access to do trades by water which made Kyvian Rus’s people a great income and also protect the them from enemies. Also living so close to the water gave them a well develops land for agriculture, so trading was easy to access and to distribute to others.

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The Kyvian Rus’ went though many ruler that brought devastation and peaceful ruling during this period. The first ruler were Askold and Dyr but in 882 Prince Olen attacked and was destroyed them. Prince Olen after defeating the Khazars , he did not stop this higher hand luck and he conquered Constantinople. He also made a great trading agreement that built a strong relationship with Byzantine Empire. Prince Ihor was next in line to rule kyvian Rus’s where he married princess Olha they rule till 945 when prince Ihor was killed. Princess Olha took over the rule till her son was of age to take the throne but while she was in rule she converted to Christianity and hope that her son would follow her foot step. When she finally took over in 962 sons Prince Sviatoslav didn’t follow his mother foot step but still brought peace to his people. Now the one that did follow Princess Olha was her grandson Prince Volodymyr who not only converts to Christianity which he brought his people to convert and baptized. After the death Yaroslav the wise rule in 1054 the line keeps moving down till there was three son split the land and through 1125 though 1132. Soon after the mongol attack and destroy the great work that this line as built for their people.

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Prince Volodymyr the Great

Prince Volodymyr was the son of Prince Sviatoslav. Princess Olha was the first ruler to convert to Christianity and hope that once her son came to rule that he would follow her lead. Even though her son didn’t, her grandson Prince Volodymyr did convert to Christianity. Now he may have done it because he wanted to marry the emperor of Byzantine daughter Princess Anna and also gain respect from the Byzantine because the people thought that the slav were barbarian. Which in the end the Princess Anna realizes that they were not barbarian and decided to married Prince Volodymyr in which earns the respect he seeks from her.

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The Slav religion was Pagan but when Prince Volodymyr converts to Christian he made it the official religion and had the people also converts and baptized. Some of the people still had belief of pagan but had to hide it for the prince wanted all that involve of pagan burn and 400 Christian churches to his state build. When Prince Volodymyr died, his son Prince Yaroslav the wise rule took over. Volodymyr soon became a saint and also known as “Great, Equal to the Apostles” and also called Prince Volodymyr the great.

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The Slavic tribes

Kyiv became the political center of the Eastern Slavs. The Slavic people were divided in West Slavic, East Slavic, And South Slavic. First starting with the West Slavic was the population consists of the polish, Slovak and Czech, and Sorbian. The East Slavic population of Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian. The last tribe was the south Slavic that was populated with Slovene, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian. The East Slavic brought a leader from another tribe to come a lead them under the ruled by Prince Oleg in the state Kyiv. Eastern slavic came together to a place that brought many of the divided tribe together called Kyivan Rus’. In this time The Eastern Slav invited Oleg to lead their people, some say he was a Swedish Viking and some believe that he was actually a Slavic. Prince Oleg brought the different tribe together under his rule at the state of Kyiv Rus’. In the end Prince Ihor son Prince Sviatoslav brought more tribe that was still not a part of the state together under the now of the powerful state.

Reference

1.http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\K\Y\KyivanRushDA.htm.

2. http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/armies/dba108.html, By Chris Brantley and David Kuijt. Last Updated: April 14 , 1999

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Modern times through the 20th century

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Modern times through the 20th century

Ukrainian and their homeland as gone through century of different ruler and harsh leader when they first received their independence in 1917, it was soon taken away from them by the attack of the Soviet Union. In this battle Ukraine face a lost and again in 1921 the Ukraine witness another separation between the east and west Ukraine by the Soviet Union, Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia. The worse soon came to Ukraine in1924 when Joseph Stalin came in power and brought with him the method collectivization and brought famine into the country that was know to Europe as the breadbasket of Europe. Finally the nightmare came to an end when Stalin died in 1953 and a new era started called the Thaw and a new leader named Nikita Khrushchev. In this era, Khrushchev was more accept of the Ukraine’s culture and language. In 1986 a tragic disaster came to the Ukraine when a nuclear plant called Chornobly had one of their unite exploded leasing out radioactive chemical in the air and land throughout Europe, Canada and United States.

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Ukraine went through many obstacles in the past to get to this point where on August 24^th 1991; Ukraine received their independence from the Soviet Union. Ukraine can finally be able to show their true colors on their own flag, which hang blue and Yellow to the whole world as they are know free people that are allow to speak the language they chose and to take back they culture that they are so proud of. They have found their voice and they will not settle for anything less anymore.

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Solomiya Krushelnytska

Solomiya Krushelnytska 23, 1872 in Biliavyntsy in the region called Podillia where she sang in the choir. Her beautiful music brought people to her and begs her to sing more so they don’t have to face reality, instead be in a place where her voice swims though their body to end deep in their souls. She breathed and eats music while she was younger that made her love music and didn’t waste time on anything else but music. Soon she took her heart beat rhythm of music to L’viv conservatory where she graduated in 1893 with medal and honors. Taking her music to another level, she moved to Milan and became the leading lady called prima donna in Lviv, Warsaw and the famous La Scala in Milan. She even took her musical talents on tour through Europe, overseas to America and performed on many famous stages and different composer of different nation.

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She soon had her focus set on family and after a wonderful three years of fame settle back and married Cesare Ricchoni in 1910. While giving up her performance on stage as an opera singer, she could not give up singing and in 1920-she start to do a concert tours. Using her broad knowledge of eight languages, she used them in her concert tour that she started up; this gives her the ability to take selection songs from different nation and use them in her concert tours. In 1939 a tragic death of her husband sent her on another path in teaching back in Lviv at her old school Lviv conservatory. Being so talented she was promoted in 1952 as a full time professor. She passed away on November 16, 1952 and soon the voice of Solomiya became a wonderful, powerful memory to those that had the honor of hearing and watching her incredible performances and teachings.

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The Orange Revolution in Ukraine

The Orange Revolution slit Ukraine, on one half we have the first candidate was Viktor Yushchenko who is being supported by the agricultural western part of Ukraine and second candidate was Viktor Yanukovych who was supported by the Industrialized Eastern part Ukraine. On November 21, 2004 they announce that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych was the winner brought angry and disbelief to the people. The people could not accept this win; they believe that the supporters did everything they could to get the votes on their side which brought torturing or even if it meant to destroy some of the ballots boxes. The people wanted justice to be done and for Yushchenko take his rightful place as the winner. Which result in 200,000 people that began to pour into Kiev’s independence square demand for the recognition that was denied by the people, which resulted in the Orange Revolution. The Stand in the square for 6days of peaceful protesting and the encouraging word that came from yushenko, finally end after a year of discussion between the parliament declared that the result of the polls where false and to redo the votes. In the end Yushchenko won. The people cheer while their dream comes to reality when the announced Viktor Yushchenko as the president of Ukraine.

From 1798 – 19th century--Ukraine under the Empires and the 19th Century Periods

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From 1798 – 19^th century--

Ukraine

under the Empires and the 19^th Century Periods

In 1667 Ukraine was split between Russia and Poland. Poland won the Western part of Ukraine and Russia storm through and took over the Eastern part of Ukraine. In 1772 Poland was soon partitions between Austria, Hungary and Russia. Austria and Hungary ended up with western Ukraine while Russia took control of other portion of Poland. The western Ukraine soon became the western Ukraine under the Austria- Hungary. In the 19^th century, the people of Ukraine created a movement called Ukrainian nationalist movement. The movement found more freedom in the Eastern Ukraine where it seem like it world of difference. Taking advantage of the western Ukraine, the movement opens a network in Galicia. On January 22, 1918 Ukrainian declared their independence till 1920. Shortly after the Ukraine finally got their independence it was take away when the Soviet government retook Ukraine with their leader Joseph Stalin.

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The Ukrainian never new what danger the Stalin had plans for the People and Land of Ukraine. Stalin execution every goal that he had for the Ukrainian. In the 1930’s he brought the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture because Ukraine is known for having great agriculture. The Collectivization brought confrontation with the peasant and the soviet which resulted in the Soviet Union taking away grain from the Ukrainian farmers. The outcome from this action brought famine to the now poor and hungry people of Ukraine. With the famine in play through 1932–1933, 7 to 10 million died and with that this tragedy going on the soviet did not waste time in attacking the reins of control over the Ukrainian by concealing the Ukrainian Nationalism. Finally in 1941 The German attacked the Soviet Union and had no problem maintaining help from the locals. Ukrainian found them in another situation where the German’s mistreated the Ukrainian agriculture and labor to accomplish the requirement that the German expected, which brought attention to the guerrilla resistance.

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Lesya Ukrainka

Larysa Kosach was born in 1871 to a family of high cultivated home, where it was Larysa’s mother Olha Kosach who was the dominated parent in the household. Instead of being exposed to the Russian influence in the school system, Larysa and her sibling had tutors for Ukrainians history, literature, and culture. Even though Lesya was also being introduced to other language including Russian, polish, Bulgarian, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German and English. Larysa started writing poetry at the age of 9 and then at 12 was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the bones. This disease made her physically disable which only made her stronger and by the age of 13, she had her first poem published. To protect Larysa, her mother who was also a writer and publisher suggest that she uses a literary pseudonym. She took her mother advice and used the name Lesya Ukrainka for her publishing work. Larysa had a great and talented family that support her and inspire her by advices on subject like folk songs, folkloric materials and the bible and using these ideas really inspired her to create great poetry and other writing.

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Finally in 1893 her work came to a successfully published collection of lyrical poetry called Na krylakh pisen’ and later on the year she had her translation work from Heine’s poetry published. Being that it was during the time that Russian banned Ukrainian’s literature Larysa had to send her work to Western Ukraine for publishing. Larysa’s health cause her to travel to many place like Germany, Austria, Italy and more to visit special treatment and doctors. She turns these trips into a lesson, learning about the people and the culture every where she travel gave her the knowledge to be inspiration on her poetry and writings. Larysa died in 1913 but left as one of the greatest legacy to Ukrainian literature.

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St. Andrew’s cathedral in Kyiv

St. Andrew’s cathedral was located in the steep Andriyivska hills in Kyiv. At first the Church was very small and was build for the remembrance of Saint Andrew in 1086 by the order of Grand Prince of Kiev Vsevolod I. The church is place in the same spot that Saint Andrew arrived to at the Dnieper River and erected a cross. Andrew believed that this place will be a great Christian City. Saint Andrew’s belief came to life for The City of Kiev was the center of the Eastern Orthodox faith. The small church was soon destroyed by the Mongol invasion in 1240. St. Andrew’s Church was brought back by the Russian Empress Elizabeth. The reason of this rebuilding of the church was a place to pray while living in her summer residence in Ukraine. She picked to have her church built right on Andriyivska hills where the first St. Andrew church was. Before the construction took place, it was first design by a Russian architect named Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Rastrelli made many of his ideas for the design of the church from Saint Petersburg Institute.

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Then on September 9^th, 1744 The Empress start the construction by laying the three stones to start the building process. The workers came from different ethic background from Ukrainian, Russian, and others. They worked under the supervision of Ivan Michurin, who was an architect from Moscow. Before the accomplishment of the construction of St. Andrew, Empress Elizabeth died and soon the church was abandon by the imperial court. St. Andrew was soon became a voluntary foundation church, one of the volunteer was Adrey Muraviov. In 1932 the soviets order the door to be lock down, Soon the doors were reopened till it was closed again in 1961. St. Andrew cathedral was put in the State Architectural and Historical Conservation area. The church purposes soon became a historical and architectural museum. The church does still have services like the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox church.

Resource

1. http://learnrussian.kiev.ua/home.

5. All the picture are from Google.com

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The Cossack Era

In the land of beautiful Ukraine during the 15th through 16th century, a group of runaway Ukrainian peasants could not take a more harsh treatment that the Poland applies on the Ukrainian. The Ukrainian develops their own society called The Cossacks where it was located in the lower banks of Dnieper River. The Cossack formed a military unit called Zaporozhian Sich which provided protection from the Tartars that could attack at any time. Seeing the development of The Cossacks, the Polish decided that it was in their best interest if they wanted to keep peace with the Cossack, they would have to work with the Cossacks. They develop a plan that would have the Cossack register and pick their own Hetman.

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But In 1648 the tension was already progressing and that when the war broke out called The Cossacks -Polish War. The Hetman of the Cossacks named Bohdan Khmelnytsky sign a treaty with Russia called Treaty of Pereyaslav in 1645, for protection from the Polish. Entering this agreement The Cossacks never saw that for three hundred years they would be under the rule of Russia. In the end the Left banks was now part of Russians but with the treaty gave the Cossack autonomy. The Right bank went back to the polish since they also had a treaty with Russia. Soon the Autonomy that the Russian gave would be in jeopardy and in 1697 Ivan Mazepa took this situation to Sweden for help. The Cossack and the Zaporozhian Sich soon became a threat in Russia. The Empress Catherine II of Russia took action and had Zaporoxhian Sich destroy in 1775 and Russian took control of all Ukraine.

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Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa

Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa’s parents were part of a wealthy social class of the Eastern Orthodox faith. Being raised and educated in the Western Ukraine, he enters into the military service as a courtier for the Polish King John Casimir. With this great path that Ivan Mazepa was developing for himself, he soon destroys his it with the Polish military by being part of a scandal that dismissed him from his duty and sent him back home. This event and others push Ivan to leave the western Ukraine and head to the Eastern Ukraine. Soon Mazepa enters in the newly constructed Ukrainian Cossack state. By entering this state, he would work with the Russian to fight the Polish for the rule over the Ukrainian. Working with his now Russian friends, Mazepa became Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossack state in1687.

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Mazepa took action in his role as Hetman by developing goals to be free from the Russian rule and declare independence for all Ukraine. While developing these goals, he started building churches and schools for the peasants and the Cossacks. Mazepa wanted to bring his goals into action, but first he wanted to walk into this with backup and his first mission was to join with Sweden. While this progress was on its way Ivan still had to act that they are 100% with Russia. When Sweden invaded Russia, Mazepa took this as a opportunities join the fight with the Swedish military. The organization never took place because the Russia was already on their way knowing something was wrong. Mazepa began to panic and ran with only 1,500 men to Sweden military camp site. In the end, Sweden was defeated by the Russians. King Charles XII of Sweden and Mazepa ran to Turkey knowing that it would be safe from Czar Peter.

The Destruction of Zaporizhian sich by Catherine II

Ukraine is a beautiful agricultural environment which brought the eyes of many other empires that soon wanted this Peaceful land. Russia had their eyes on Ukraine for the long claiming that it was and always be part of Russia. In fact Russia was tried to convince the people of Ukraine that they should see themselves as “Little Russians”. The hetman, Ivan Mazepa saw what Russia was trying to do and took action. Mazepa asking help from Russia formal enemy The Sweden to help fight for Ukraine independences. The Russia began to feel that The Cossack was more of a problem then a solution in gaining the support from the Ukrainians.

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The Russian Empress Catherine II made a decision that The Zaporozhian Sich must be destroyed. The problem that the Empress ran into was the Cossack had a very strong military and the Empress army had no chance in fight them. So she took another approach to get what she wanted and brought foreigner to come in Ukraine and gave them power over the land and political rights. All they have to do in return is to get the Empress the Zaporozhian Sich’s land. After the Russian’s made their move, The Cossacks went to get the Crimean Khanate to come fight side by side against the Russians. But The Empress got to the Crimean Khanate first and promises that it is not their land she wants but the Sich. After being attack by an enemy, they end up signing a treaty with Russia. Right after that treaty in 1775 Zaporozhian Sich was destroyed. Having no help from anyone the Cossack was run down by the Russian’s troops.

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Resources

1. Butkevych, Volodymyr. Copyright © 1996-1997 InfoUkes Inc. “Who Has a Right to Crimea”. http://www.infoukes.com/history/crimea/page-04.html
2. Answer.com. Copyright © 2009 Answers Corporation.
3. www.Google.com. ©2009 Google
4. http://www.wikipedia.org. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation,Inc., a U.S. registered.

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Ukraine after 1240

The Ukraine had a great penitential in increasing there economy in the trading market in the city of Lviv where it was protected by the river that flow around it. In 1240 the Mongol invaded Ukraine and took the most successful city that had their economy on the rise of power Lviv. The destruction that the Mongol did after invasion left Ukraine with numerous disasters to the economy, the society and the on going of weak leader that was helpless in defeating Ukraine in the first place. The on going cruel that the Mongol did the land and to the people, there was no other choice but leave. This was the beginning of the fight for Ukraine; they were no longer their own country, now they would become many.

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King Danylo of Halych

Before Danylo became King of Halych he was first a little boy who lost is father and was soon after sent to exile because he and his brother were heir to Halych. His mother Anna and brother Vasylko were sent to Galicia by the Boyars. Then the Boyar accepted someone from their own people to become their ruler.

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Soon Prince Danylo came back with the support of Pole and Hungarian where he took back what rightfully his and his brother because they were the princes. In 1212 Danylo started his success by renounced his claims to Halych. His works started to grow and his re- establishes his rule over Volhynia then in 1238 went to war with the Teutonic knights and with winning the fight, they regained most of Galicia. Later on in 1245 Prince Danylo took action to regain all of Galicia which he did by defeating the enemy. At this time the Boyars who were the people that exile the now prince Danylo was very loyal to him.

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The success that Prince Danylo brought strength and hope to his people also brought the attention of the Mongols and so in 1246 the Mongol summoned Prince Danylo was told to accept Mongol’s overlord ship. After the attack and accept the Mongols rule, Danylo had to found away out of this situation. While Danylo supplied the Mongols with his own soldier he worked with Poland and Hungary in a cordial relation and also took it up to ask the pope and promised to have his land under the Rome. In the end the pope Crown Danylo at Dorochyn on the bug river but soon this great moment is the beginning of the next struggle that King Danylo will face.

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The Mongols had a good eye on them and saw what was going on and took action by force. They have so much power and repetition that followed them, so instead of war they rode into Galicia and gave them an ultimatum. Which in the end known the strength and damage that the Mongol could do to the land Danylo work so hard into he gave in and pulled down the walls.

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The Establishment of Lviv

The Lviv was built by King Danylo in honor of his son Lev. The Lviv was a part of Halychyna. King Danylo built this town in honor of his son Lev. Belong to Kievan Rus’ ancestor of Ukraine located near the water that became a very important resource that the Lviv hold within there city. The want of the city was fought and claim by many countries and empires to have Lviv. Trading became one of the reasons that the Lviv’s economy was so strong and was wanted so bad by many people.

The Lviv was considering to be built as a point of a well protected by the water where is it also easy trading crossroads ways for the largely developed trading and commerce place. Most of the country like Western Europe, Asia, Scandinavia and Byzantuim would use the city for their own trading to each other. Danylo was really dedicated to building a strong stability to his land and people, also to have an economic growth. Which he successfully accomplish with the trading marketing and also made Lviv a very important town in the Ukrainian’s history. After all that Lviv went through they were attack again but by the polish in 1349 and were brought under their polish-Lithuanian state ruling.

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Resources Sites

http://www.nationmaster.coaster.com 2003-5.