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- In Danube River
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- In Donbas
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- In Sea of Azov
- soils
religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Khrapovitsky’s role
- Mennonites
- Slavic religion
Additional Reading
General works
Encyclopaedic reference sources on the country include M.P. Bazhan et al. (eds.), Soviet Ukraine (1969; originally published in Ukrainian, 1964); and the most extensive reference works available in the West: Volodymyr Kubijovyč (ed.), Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia, 2 vol. (1963–71; originally published in Ukrainian, 3 vol., 1949–52), a thematic approach; and Volodymyr Kubijovyč and Danylo Husar Struk (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ukraine, 5 vol. (1984–93; originally published in Ukrainian, 10 vol., 1955–84), an alphabetic treatment. Zenon E. Kohut, Bohdan Y. Nebesio, and Myroslav Yurkevich, Historical Dictionary of Ukraine (2005), is another useful reference work.
Geography
English-language sources on the physical geography of Ukraine are limited. L.S. Galetskii, An Atlas of the Geology and Mineral Deposits of Ukraine (2007), is an invaluable work. Regional geography studies cited in the bibliography to the article Union of Soviet Socialist Republics can be informative. A brief survey, Geography of Ukraine (1985), prepared by the Ukrainian Information Collective in Australia, is also useful. Details on all aspects of the geography of Ukraine are found in O.M. Marynych et al. (eds.), Heohrafichna entsyklopediia Ukraïny, 3 vol. (1989–93), a beautifully illustrated encyclopaedic work in Ukrainian.
Among surveys of the country’s economy are I.S. Koropeckyj (ed.), Ukrainian Economic History: Interpretive Essays (1991), and The Ukraine Within the USSR: An Economic Balance Sheet (1977); and Vsevolod Holubnychy, Soviet Regional Economics (1982). Other solid studies include I.S. Koropeckyj, Development in the Shadow: Studies in Ukrainian Economics (1990), and The Ukrainian Economy: Achievements, Problems, Challenges (1992); and King Banaian, The Ukrainian Economy Since Independence (1999).
Soviet-era issues that influenced the political and social situation in Ukraine are dealt with in separate chapters of Lubomyr Hajda and Mark R. Beissinger (eds.), The Nationalities Factor in Soviet Politics and Society (1990). Book-length studies include Jaroslaw Bilocerkowycz, Soviet Ukrainian Dissent: A Study of Political Alienation (1988); Bohdan Krawchenko, Social Change and National Consciousness in Twentieth-Century Ukraine (1985); Peter J. Potichnyj (ed.), Ukraine in the Seventies (1975); Bohdan Krawchenko (ed.), Ukraine After Shelest (1983); and Serhy Yekelchyk, Stalin’s Empire of Memory: Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination (2004).
Ukrainian cultural expression is the subject of M.P. Bazhan (ed.), Istoriia ukraïns’koho mystetstva, 6 vol. in 7 (1966–70); George S.N. Luckyj, Between Gogol and Sevcenko: Polarity in the Literary Ukraine: 1798–1847 (1971); Dmytro Čyževs’kyj, A History of Ukrainian Literature, from the 11th to the End of the 19th Century (1975; originally published in Ukrainian, 1956); George G. Grabowicz, Toward a History of Ukrainian Literature (1981); George S.N. Luckyj, Literary Politics in the Soviet Ukraine, 1917–1934, rev. and updated ed. (1990), and Ukrainian Literature in the Twentieth Century: A Reader’s Guide (1992); and Sviatoslav Hordynsky, The Ukrainian Icon of the XIIth to the XVIIIth centuries, trans. from Ukrainian (1973).
Religion is examined in Borys A. Gudziak, Crisis and Reform: The Kyivan Metropolitanate, the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the Genesis of the Union of Brest (1998, reissued 2001); Piotr Wawrzeniuk, Confessional Civilising in Ukraine: The Bishop Iosyf Shumliansky and the Introduction of Reforms in the Diocese of Lviv, 1688–1708 (2005); John-Paul Himka, Religion and Nationality in Western Ukraine: The Greek Catholic Church and Ruthenian National Movement in Galicia, 1867–1900 (1999); Frank E. Sysyn, The Ukrainian Orthodox Question in the USSR (1987); Bohdan Rostyslav Bociurkiw, The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Soviet State, 1939–1950 (1996); and Ivan Hvat, “The Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Vatican, and the Soviet Union During the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II,” Religion in Communist Lands, 11(3):264–294 (Winter 1983). Serhii Plokhy and Frank E. Sysyn, Religion and Nation in Modern Ukraine (2003), addresses the role played by religion in the creation of a Ukrainian national identity.
History
Comprehensive historical surveys include Michael Hrushevsky (Mykhailo Hrushevskyi), A History of Ukraine, trans. from Ukrainian (1941, reissued 1970); Dmytro Doroshenko, A Survey of Ukrainian History, updated ed., rev. by Oleh W. Gerus, trans. from Ukrainian (1975); Orest Subtelny, Ukraine: A History, 2nd ed. (1994); and Paul Robert Magocsi, A History of Ukraine (1996), a large-scale work with modern and balanced syntheses. Mykhailo Hrushevsky (Mykhailo Hrushevskyi), History of Ukraine-Rus’, trans. by Marta Skorupsky, ed. by Andrzej Pope, Frank E. Sysyn, and Uliana M. Pasicznyk (1997– ; originally published in Ukrainian, 10 vol., 1898–1937), is a monumental work by the preeminent Ukrainian historian. Hrushevsky’s life and work are examined in Thomas M. Prymak, Mykhailo Hrushevsky: The Politics of National Culture (1987); and Serhii Plokhy, Unmaking Imperial Russia: Mykhailo Hrushevsky and the Writing of Ukrainian History (2005). Concise survey histories of Ukraine include Roman Szporluk, Ukraine: A Brief History, 2nd expanded ed. (1982); and Paul R. Magocsi, Ukraine: An Illustrated History (2007). Ivan L. Rudnytsky, Essays in Modern Ukrainian History, ed. by Peter L. Rudnytsky (1987); and Ihor Ševčenko, Ukraine Between East and West: Essays on Cultural History to the Early Eighteenth Century (1996), are useful collections of essays by outstanding historians. Ukraine’s relations with other peoples and countries are examined in Peter J. Potichnyj, Poland and Ukraine, Past and Present (1980); Howard Aster and Peter J. Potichnyj (eds.), Ukrainian-Jewish Relations in Historical Perspective, 2nd ed. (1990); Peter J. Potichnyj et al. (eds.), Ukraine and Russia in Their Historical Encounter (1992); and Hans-Joachim Torke and John-Paul Himka (eds.), German-Ukrainian Relations in Historical Perspective (1994). Paul Robert Magocsi and Geoffrey J. Matthews, Ukraine: A Historical Atlas (1985), offers a helpful supplement for the better understanding of interpretive discussions.
Studies of special subjects include Simon Franklin and Jonathan Shepard, The Emergence of Rus, 750–1200 (1996); Linda Gordon, Cossack Rebellions: Social Turmoil in the Sixteenth-Century Ukraine (1983); Frank E. Sysyn, Between Poland and the Ukraine: The Dilemma of Adam Kysil, 1600–1653 (1985); John Basarab, Pereiaslav 1654 (1982); Zenon E. Kohut, Russian Centralism and Ukrainian Autonomy: Imperial Absorption of the Hetmanate, 1760s–1830s (1988); Murray Jay Rosman, The Lords’ Jews: Magnate-Jewish Relations in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth During the Eighteenth Century (1990); Jan Kozik, The Ukrainian National Movement in Galicia, 1815–1849, ed. by Lawrence D. Orton, trans. from Polish (1986); Andrei S. Markovits and Frank E. Sysyn (eds.), Nationbuilding and the Politics of Nationalism: Essays on Austrian Galicia (1982); and John-Paul Himka, Galician Villagers and the Ukrainian National Movement in the Nineteenth Century (1988). Key works on the historic events of the 20th century are John S. Reshetar, The Ukrainian Revolution, 1917–1920: A Study in Nationalism (1952, reissued 1972); Taras Hunczak (ed.), The Ukraine, 1917–1921: A Study in Revolution (1977); Henry Abramson, A Prayer for the Government: Ukrainians and Jews in Revolutionary Times, 1917–1920 (1999); James E. Mace, Communism and the Dilemmas of National Liberation: National Communism in Soviet Ukraine, 1918–1933 (1983); Jurij Borys, The Russian Communist Party and the Sovietization of Ukraine: A Study in the Communist Doctrine of the Self-determination of Nations (1960, reprinted 1983); Robert Conquest, The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine (1986); Terry Martin, The Affirmative Action Empire: Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939 (2001); Yuri Boshyk, Roman Waschuk, and Andriy Wynnyckyj (eds.), Ukraine During World War II: History and Its Aftermath (1986); John A. Armstrong, Ukrainian Nationalism, 3rd ed. (1990); Karel C. Berkhoff, Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in Ukraine Under Nazi Rule (2004); Yaroslav Bilinsky, The Second Soviet Republic: The Ukraine After World War II (1964); Borys Lewytzkyj, Politics and Society in Soviet Ukraine, 1953–1980 (1984); and David R. Marples, The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster (1988).
Studies of Ukraine in the late perestroika and independence periods include Alexander J. Motyl, Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine After Totalitarianism (1993); Taras Kuzio and Andrew Wilson, Ukraine: Perestroika to Independence (1994); Andrew Wilson, Ukrainian Nationalism in the 1990s: A Minority Faith (1996); Taras Kuzio, Ukraine Under Kuchma: Political Reform, Economic Transformation, and Security Policy in Independent Ukraine (1997); Sherman W. Garnett, Keystone in the Arch: Ukraine in the Emerging Security Environment of Central and Eastern Europe (1997); Lubomyr A. Hajda (ed.), Ukraine in the World: Studies in the International Relations and Security Structure of a Newly Independent State (1998); Catherine Wanner, Burden of Dreams: History and Identity in Post-Soviet Ukraine (1998); Paul D’Anieri, Robert Kravchuk, and Taras Kuzio, Politics and Society in Ukraine (1999); Bohdan Nahaylo, The Ukrainian Resurgence (1999); Bohdan Harasymiw, Post-Communist Ukraine (2002); Andrew Wilson, The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation, 2nd ed. (2002); J.V. Koshiw, Beheaded: The Killing of a Journalist (2003); and Sarah Whitmore, State-Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian Parliament, 1990–2003 (2004). The revolution in the early 21st century in Ukrainian politics is discussed in Andrew Wilson, Ukraine’s Orange Revolution (2005); Anders Aslund and Michael McFaul (eds.), Revolution in Orange: The Origins of Ukraine’s Democratic Breakthrough (2006); and Paul D’Anieri, Understanding Ukrainian Politics: Power, Politics, and Institutional Design (2007).
The history of Ukrainians outside Ukraine is examined in Orest Subtelny, Ukrainians in North America: An Illustrated History (1991); Ann Lencyk Pawliczko (ed.), Ukraine and Ukrainians Throughout the World (1994); Vic Satzewich, The Ukrainian Diaspora (2002); and Wsevolod W. Isajiw, Yury Boshyk, and Roman Senkus (eds.), The Refugee Experience: Ukrainian Displaced Persons After World War II (1992). An excellent guide for tracing Ukrainian ancestry is John D. Pihach, Ukrainian Genealogy (2007).
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Article History
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Associated Press update. | Mar 12, 2024 | ||
Added cross-reference. | Jun 20, 2023 | ||
Link added. | May 11, 2023 | ||
Media | Mar 14, 2023 | ||
Media revised. | Mar 14, 2023 | ||
Media added. | Mar 03, 2023 | ||
Added a cross-reference to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. | Mar 03, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Ukraine. | Jan 02, 2023 | ||
Updated for the six-month anniversary of the Russian war in Ukraine. | Aug 23, 2022 | ||
Removed media. | Aug 16, 2022 | ||
Corrected display issue. | Mar 02, 2022 | ||
Country Profile: Added cross reference. | Feb 28, 2022 | ||
Updated for the Russian attack on Ukraine. | Feb 24, 2022 | ||
Updated to mention Russia's military buildup on Ukraine's borders. | Feb 23, 2022 | ||
Media added. | Jun 29, 2021 | ||
Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Mar 05, 2020 | ||
Changed the spelling of "Kiev" to "Kyiv" throughout the article. | Nov 25, 2019 | ||
Updated History section with details of the first six months of the Zelensky administration. | Nov 25, 2019 | ||
Country Profile: Changed spelling of the capital from "Kiev" to "Kyiv." | Nov 21, 2019 | ||
Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Aug 29, 2019 | ||
Updated for the inauguration of Volodymyr Zelensky as president. | May 22, 2019 | ||
Country Profile: Updated head of state. | May 20, 2019 | ||
Add new Web site: Interesting Facts for Kids - Interesting Ukraine Facts. | Jan 20, 2019 | ||
Updated to mention the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. | Jan 08, 2019 | ||
Country Profile: Expanded country profile. | Sep 21, 2018 | ||
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Ukraine. | Mar 14, 2018 | ||
Add new Web site: World Health Organization - Ukraine. | Nov 30, 2017 | ||
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Ukraine. | Oct 25, 2017 | ||
Revised Economy section to reflect the ongoing conflict in the Donets Basin. | Jul 17, 2017 | ||
Cross-reference removed. | Apr 27, 2017 | ||
Replaced photograph. | Apr 26, 2017 | ||
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and technology For Kids! - Ukraine. | Apr 05, 2017 | ||
Added cross-references. | Feb 03, 2017 | ||
Updated to mention the number of internally displaced people as a result of the Ukraine crisis. | Feb 03, 2017 | ||
Clarified that the Ukrainian parliament had moved to rescind the minority language law in 2014. | Feb 03, 2017 | ||
Media added. | Feb 03, 2017 | ||
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Ukraine. | Dec 12, 2016 | ||
Add new Web site: World InfoZone - Ukraine. | Dec 09, 2016 | ||
Added locator map to the Introduction. | Sep 08, 2016 | ||
In Economy section, added data charts. | Aug 03, 2016 | ||
In People section, added data charts. | Aug 03, 2016 | ||
Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Apr 22, 2016 | ||
Updated for the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk. | Apr 12, 2016 | ||
Media added. | Jun 09, 2015 | ||
Updated for the Minsk cease-fire agreement. | Feb 12, 2015 | ||
Updated for parliamentary elections. | Oct 28, 2014 | ||
Updated for the announcement of snap elections and the capture of Russian paratroopers inside Ukraine. | Aug 26, 2014 | ||
Updated for the collapse of the Yatsenyuk government. | Jul 28, 2014 | ||
Updated for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. | Jul 18, 2014 | ||
Updated to mention the recapture of Slov'yansk and Kramatorsk and pro-Russian air defense efforts. | Jul 17, 2014 | ||
Updated for the signing of the EU association agreement. | Jun 27, 2014 | ||
Updated for the acceptance of ceasefire terms by pro-Russian separatists. | Jun 25, 2014 | ||
Country Profile: Updated head of state. | Jun 09, 2014 | ||
Updated for the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election. | May 29, 2014 | ||
Updated for the secession referenda in Donetsk and Luhansk. | May 12, 2014 | ||
Updated for the revival of conscription in the Ukrainian armed forces. | May 02, 2014 | ||
Updated for the resumption of Ukrainian military operations in Slov'yansk and the deadly fire in Odessa. | May 02, 2014 | ||
Updated for the takeover of government buildings by pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. | Apr 17, 2014 | ||
Changed "the Crimea" to "the Crimean Peninsula." | Apr 16, 2014 | ||
Changed "the Crimea" to "Crimea." | Apr 16, 2014 | ||
Added mention of Vitali Klitschko's political career. | Apr 16, 2014 | ||
Updated for the proposed IMF bailout package. | Mar 27, 2014 | ||
Updated for the ratification of the Russian treaty to annex Crimea and the signing of the EU association agreement. | Mar 21, 2014 | ||
Updated to mention the treaty incorporating Crimea into the Russian Federation. | Mar 19, 2014 | ||
Updated for the referendum on Crimean independence. | Mar 17, 2014 | ||
Updated to mention the preservation of the minority language law. | Mar 07, 2014 | ||
Updated to mention the secession vote in the Crimean parliament. | Mar 07, 2014 | ||
Updated for the Russian occupation of the Crimea. | Mar 03, 2014 | ||
Updated for developments in the Crimea. | Feb 28, 2014 | ||
Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Feb 27, 2014 | ||
Updated for the restoration of the 2004 constitution. | Feb 25, 2014 | ||
Updated for the repeal of the minority language law. | Feb 25, 2014 | ||
Updated for the release of Yuliya Tymoshenko and the collapse of the Yanukovych government. | Feb 24, 2014 | ||
Country Profile: Updated head of state and head of government. | Feb 24, 2014 | ||
Updated for the signing of a peace agreement between Yanukovych and opposition leaders. | Feb 21, 2014 | ||
Updated for the collapse of the truce and the escalation of violence in Kiev. | Feb 20, 2014 | ||
Updated for the attempt by Ukrainian government forces to retake the Maidan. | Feb 19, 2014 | ||
Updated for the resignation of the Azarov government. | Jan 28, 2014 | ||
Updated for the new anti-protest law and the escalation of violence between police and protesters in Kiev. | Jan 22, 2014 | ||
Updated for the rejection of the EU accession accord and the popular response to it. | Dec 02, 2013 | ||
History section revised and updated. | May 28, 2013 | ||
Updated History section with details about the 2012 parliamentary election. | May 28, 2013 | ||
People section revised and updated. | May 28, 2013 | ||
Government and society section revised and updated. | May 28, 2013 | ||
Economy section revised and updated. | May 28, 2013 | ||
Cultural life section revised and updated. | May 28, 2013 | ||
Add new Web site: globalEDGE - Ukraine. | Feb 20, 2013 | ||
Add new Web site: Government Portal of Ukraine. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
Country Profile: Added name of head of state and head of government, along with urban-rural, life expectancy, literacy, and GNI per capita statistics. | Mar 01, 2012 | ||
Updated details about the structure of the Supreme Council of Ukraine. |
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Aug 11, 2011 | |
Add new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Ukraine. | Jul 26, 2011 | ||
National anthem added. | Dec 21, 2010 | ||
Updated Government and society section with the 2010 overruling of a controversial constitutional reform. | Oct 01, 2010 | ||
Updated History section with the 2010 overruling of a controversial constitutional reform. | Oct 01, 2010 | ||
Add new Web site: World Health Organization - Ukraine. | Sep 20, 2010 | ||
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Embassy of Ukraine in United States of America. | Jul 30, 2010 | ||
Updated with Ukraine's reversal of its plans to join NATO. | Jun 04, 2010 | ||
Added Ukraine's reversal of its intention to join NATO. | Jun 04, 2010 | ||
Updated with the extension of Russia's lease of the port at Sevastopol. | May 03, 2010 | ||
Country Profile: Updated area and population figures. | Mar 12, 2010 | ||
Updated with the final results of the presidential election and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's refusal to recognize them. | Feb 25, 2010 | ||
Updated with the results of the 2010 runoff election. | Feb 08, 2010 | ||
Updated with the results of the first round of the 2010 presidential election. | Jan 21, 2010 | ||
Country Profile: Updated Form of government; updated Capital. | Oct 20, 2009 | ||
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Travel and Cultures - Ukraine. | Apr 17, 2009 | ||
Updated with formation of new government coalition. | Dec 16, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: Toronto Ukrainian Genealogy Group - History of Ukraine. | Nov 07, 2008 | ||
Updated history section. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
Updated with political developments. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: U.S.Department of State - Ukraine. | Jul 24, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Ukraine. | Jul 13, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Ukraine. | Jul 08, 2008 | ||
Article revised and updated. | Jun 25, 2008 | ||
Article revised and updated. | May 14, 2008 | ||
Bibliography revised and updated. | May 14, 2008 | ||
Added new Web site: Official Site of Encyclopedia of Ukraine. | Aug 16, 2007 | ||
Added new Web site: Open-site -Ukraine. |
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May 31, 2007 | |
Added new Web site: Ukrainetrek.Com - Ukraine. | May 30, 2007 | ||
Article revised and updated. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Ukraine - Selected Internet Resources. | Aug 08, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Ukraine. | Jul 25, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: The Ukrainian Information Project. | May 22, 2006 | ||
Article revised. | Mar 17, 2005 | ||
Article revised. | Feb 18, 2005 | ||
Article revised. | May 31, 2002 | ||
Article revised. | Jan 04, 2002 | ||
Article revised. | Feb 16, 2001 | ||
Article revised. | Aug 25, 2000 | ||
Article revised. | Jun 29, 2000 | ||
Article revised. | Mar 10, 2000 | ||
Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |