100 Key Events in Ukrainian History

Yu Soroka

• Publisher: Glagoslav Distribution (A)
• Year: 2019
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9789660385504
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

The history of Ukraine resembles a half-uncharted map. This is not a mere coincidence, but the result of the deliberate public policy. Hundreds of various people serving their mother countries have been working hard
on those blank spots for centuries. Those myth and fake news makers have done their best to make our history, as well as Ukraine itself, look in descendants’ eyes the way preferred by those who tried to assimilate the heritage of Kyivan Rus. However, time always puts everything in its place. So this book is an attempt to collect the events that have shaped the Ukraine we know today and will promote its further development.
We sought to focus on positive events in Ukrainian history, in other words, on victories. The image of our country as a helpless continuously suffering victim that always sings sad songs and is incapable of confronting external pressure has been exploited for a long time. In fact, an insight into the actual history of Ukraine proves this image to be false. The voice of the past provides us with dozens of chronicles, documents, and historical studies. Courageous heroes, strong warriors, talented artists, prominent statesmen, unrivalled philosophers and scholars — those have been the people creating our history. And, naturally, they and their achievements must be revealed and popularized. This work is an effort to unite in a single volume the highlights of our historic heritage and show that, against all odds, Ukraine remembers its past and intends to build its own bright future, considering the extensive rich experience that has been gained.

Contents

Аnnotation

PANTICAPAEUM AS THE OLDEST CITY IN UKRAINE AND EASTERN EUROPE

SCYTHIAN VICTORY OVER KING DARIUS’S PERSIAN TROOPS

SCYTHIAN VICTORY OVER ZOPYRION, A MILITARY COMMANDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

THE GREAT SLAVIC EXPANSION IN THE 6—8TH CENTURIES

THE FOUNDATION OF KYIV

PRINCE OLEG’S CAMPAIGN TO CONSTANTINOPLE

SVIATOSLAV’S DANUBE CONQUESTS

KYIVAN RUS BAPTIZATION

KYIV SAINT-SOPHIA CATHEDRAL CONSTRUCTION

VICTORY OVER THE PECHENEGS IN 1036

ANNA YAROSLAVNA, QUEEN OF FRANCE

THE ADVENT OF “THE TALE OF BYGONE YEARS”

THE APPEARANCE OF THE TERM UKRAINE

THE CORONATION OF KING DANIEL

THE FOUNDATION OF LVIV

THE BATTLE OF SYNI VODY (1362)

THE BATTLE OF GRUNWALD (1410)

THE FOUNDATION OF CRIMEAN KHANATE IN 1449

THE APPEARANCE OF COSSACKS

INTRODUCTION OF MAGDEBURG LAW IN UKRAINIAN CITIES

THE CREATION OF PERESOPNYTSIA GOSPEL

THE OPENING OF OSTROH ACADEMY IN 1576

UKRAINIAN SPARTACUS — SAMIYLO KISHKA

EARLY HETMANSHIP OF P. SAHAIDACHNYI AND HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOSCOW

THE FOUNDATION OF KYIV-MOHYLA ACADEMY

THE BATTLE OF KHOTYN (1621)

YAREMA VYSHNEVETSKYI AND HIS VICTORIES IN SMOLENSK WAR (1632—1634)

BUILDING KODAK FORTRESS (1635) — THE FARTHEST...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Аnnotation
• PANTICAPAEUM AS THE OLDEST CITY IN UKRAINE AND EASTERN EUROPE
• SCYTHIAN VICTORY OVER KING DARIUS’S PERSIAN TROOPS
• SCYTHIAN VICTORY OVER ZOPYRION, A MILITARY COMMANDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
• THE GREAT SLAVIC EXPANSION IN THE 6—8TH CENTURIES
• THE FOUNDATION OF KYIV
• PRINCE OLEG’S CAMPAIGN TO CONSTANTINOPLE
• SVIATOSLAV’S DANUBE CONQUESTS
• KYIVAN RUS BAPTIZATION
• KYIV SAINT-SOPHIA CATHEDRAL CONSTRUCTION
• VICTORY OVER THE PECHENEGS IN 1036
• ANNA YAROSLAVNA, QUEEN OF FRANCE
• THE ADVENT OF “THE TALE OF BYGONE YEARS”
• THE APPEARANCE OF THE TERM UKRAINE
• THE CORONATION OF KING DANIEL
• THE FOUNDATION OF LVIV
• THE BATTLE OF SYNI VODY (1362)
• THE BATTLE OF GRUNWALD (1410)
• THE FOUNDATION OF CRIMEAN KHANATE IN 1449
• THE APPEARANCE OF COSSACKS
• INTRODUCTION OF MAGDEBURG LAW IN UKRAINIAN CITIES
• THE CREATION OF PERESOPNYTSIA GOSPEL
• THE OPENING OF OSTROH ACADEMY IN 1576
• UKRAINIAN SPARTACUS — SAMIYLO KISHKA
• EARLY HETMANSHIP OF P. SAHAIDACHNYI AND HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOSCOW
• THE FOUNDATION OF KYIV-MOHYLA ACADEMY
• THE BATTLE OF KHOTYN (1621)
• YAREMA VYSHNEVETSKYI AND HIS VICTORIES IN SMOLENSK WAR (1632—1634)
• BUILDING KODAK FORTRESS (1635) — THE FARTHEST EASTERN OUTPOST OF EUROPEAN DEFENCE
• COSSACKS’ VICTORIES NEAR DUNKIRK IN 1644—1646
• THE BATTLE OF ZHOVTI VODY IN 1648
• THE BATTLE OF KORSUN IN 1648
• THE BATTLE OF PYLIAVTSI IN 1648
• TRIUMPH ARRIVAL OF BOGDAN KHMELNYTSKYI IN KYIV
• TREATY OF HADIACH OF 1685
• THE BATTLE OF KONOTOP IN 1659
• LVIV UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION IN 1661
• COSSACK CHRONICLES
• PYLYP ORLYK CONSTITUTION (1710)
• TRANS-DANUBE SICH AND COSSACK PARTICIPATION IN THE WARS AGAINST TURKEY IN LATE XVIII — EARLY XIX CENTURIES
• THE FOUNDATION OF ODESSA (1794)
• ENEIDA BY IVAN KOTLIAREVSKYI
• OPRYSHKY UPRISING LED BY OLEKSA DOVBUSH
• CYRIL AND METHODIUS BROTHERHOOD AND THE MAIN RUS RADA IN 1845—1851
• THE OPENING OF GALICIAN RAILWAY
• THE FIRST EDITION OF THE KOBZAR BY Т. G. SHEVCHENKO
• THE FOUNDATION OF PROSVITA SOCIETY IN LVIV
• THE CARPATHIAN TRAM (1873)
• THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL THEATRE COMPANY (1882)
• THE FIRST OFFICIALLY RECORDED FOOTBALL MATCH IN UKRAINE
• THE DISCOVERY OF TRYPILLIAN CULTURE BY V. KHVOIKA
• WILHELM HABSBURG — VASYL VYSHYVANYI
• “PLAST“ — UKRAINIAN SCOUTS
• FOUNDATION OF THE LEGION OF UKRAINIAN SICH RIFLEMEN
• THE FIRST POLITICAL PARTIES IN GALICIA AND DNIPRO REGION
• OPENING OF THE FIRST CINEMA IN UKRAINE (1908)
• THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT MAKIVKA (1915)
• THE ORGANIZATION OF UKRAINIAN CENTRAL RADA
• I—IV CR UNIVERSALS DECLARATION
• THE FIRST KURULTAI OF THE CRIMEAN TATARS IN 1917
• NESTOR MAKHNO REVOLUTIONARY INSURGENT ARMY OF UKRAINE
• THE BATTLE OF KRUTY (1918)
• COLONEL BOLBOCHAN CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN (1918)
• SIGNING THE ACT OF UNITY BETWEEN UKRAINIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC AND WEST-UKRAINIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
• IGOR SIKORSKYI AND HIS HELICOPTER
• THE BEREZIL THEATRE FOUNDATION BY L. KURBAS IN KYIV (1922)
• THE HOLODOMOR (1932—1933)
• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS
• THE ACT DECLARING THE INDEPENDENCE OF CARPATHIAN UKRAINE
• OLEKSANDR DOVZHENKO: THE WORLD CINEMA GENIUS
• THE URA VICTORY OVER THE GERMAN ARMY NEAR KOSTOPOL
• YALTA CONFERENCE. UKRAINE AS A UNO FOUNDER IN 1945
• UKRAINIAN INSURGENT ARMY STRUGGLE AGAINST THE SOVIET AUTHORITIES
• CRIMEA JOINING UKRSSR IN 1954
• APPOINTMENT OF UKRAINIAN SERHII KOROLIOV CHIEF SPACE ENGINEER
• ROBERTO KOZAK: A CHILEAN OSKAR SCHINDLER
• DYNAMO KYIV WINS 1975 UEFA CUP WINNERS’ CUP
• UKRAINIAN HELSINKI UNION FOUNDATION
• UKRAINIAN “MRIIA“ IN THE SKY
• DECLARATION OF UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE
• VIACHESLAV CHORNOVIL AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT OF UKRAINE
• FIRST OLYMPIC GOLDEN MEDAL OF INDEPENDENT UKRAINE WON BY OKSANA BAIUL
• UKRAINE JOINS THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE (1995)
• THE LAUNCH OF HRYVNIA AS UKRAINIAN NATIONAL CURRENCY IN 1996
• KLITSCHKO BROTHERS — THE STRONGEST BOXING FAMILY IN THE WORLD
• ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE (1996)
• LEONID KADENIUK — THE FIRST COSMONAUT IN INDEPENDENT UKRAINE
• RUSLANA AND JAMALA: TWO VICTORIES IN EUROVISION
• ANDRII SHEVCHENKO TAKES 2004 GOLDEN BALL
• THE ORANGE REVOLUTION (2004)
• HOLDING THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN UKRAINE IN 2012
• REVOLUTION OF DIGNITY
• RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN THE EAST OF UKRAINE AND IN CRIMEA
• UKRAINE-EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
• SLOVIANSK AND MARIUPOL LIBERATION
• BATTLE FOR LUHANSK AIRPORT
• DEBALTSEVO OPERATION
• HEROIC DEFENCE OF DONETSK AIRPORT
• REVIVAL OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMY
• UKRAINIAN TENNIS VICTORIES: ELINA SVITOLINA