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The Russian Invasion of Ukraine
… The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been described as a “a crime against peace” and … The Ohio State University … The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: A Roundtable Discussion … Angela Brintlinger: Hello, and welcome to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine brought to you by the Center for Slavic East …
Understanding the War in Ukraine: Insights from the Recent Past, 1991—Present
… Putin’s rise to power in Russia, and the 2014 Revolution in Ukraine. Speaker | David L. Hoffmann, College of Arts and … European and Eurasian Studies' "Understanding the War in Ukraine: Weekly Wednesday Speaker Series." … Dr. Angela … to bring to you today in our series of what we're calling Ukraine Wednesdays, my colleague, David Hoffmann. Let me …
Soviet Ukraine in a Nutshell
… The Birth of Soviet Ukraine. When the Russian Empire collapsed in 1917 during World War I , the lands of today’s Ukraine became a battleground of violence and instability … ways. Progressive Ukrainians wanted an independent Ukraine, socialists desired a future that was connected with …
“The Tragedy Has Never Left Us.” On the War in Ukraine
… The invasion of Ukraine resurrects images of the past: conquering armies, … La Vie des Idées : How, to your mind, does the invasion of Ukraine by Russia fit within the history of 20th- and … disappeared? Bruno Cabanes : The images coming to us from Ukraine can almost feel like they’re plucked from Second …
West Ukraine’s War Stories: A New Chapter?
… The region of western Ukraine makes up just a small percentage of the territory and population of present-day Ukraine , but has historically played an outsized role in … significance, this region has also been central to Ukraine’s complex journey to define itself. In the Soviet …
Ukrainian Independence: From Versailles 1 to Versailles 2
… and the U.S. unilaterally condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and voiced strong support of Ukrainian independence … Few of the Treaty’s critics then were at all bothered about Ukraine’s absence from the bevy of newly recognized … emerged after the Great War. A century ago, war raged in Ukraine while the politicians in Paris talked. Between 1917 …
Ukraine in War and Revolution
… Vladimir Putin’s case for war in Ukraine is simple but flawed. In his view there is no such … the tsarist imperial state. The borderlands (including Ukraine) became arenas of radical nationalization and social … goals, and the collapsing war effort led to anarchy across Ukraine. By the time of nation-wide elections in November, …
The Religious Roots of the War in Ukraine
… Three days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church … the Russian land… the land which now includes Russia and Ukraine and Belarus .” In Ukraine, by contrast, the leading churches, including the …
Ukraine, In a Nutshell
Review of The Conflict in Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Serhy Yekelchyk (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015).
… Serhy Yekelchyk’s fascinating book The Conflict in Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know should be required … take years of study to appreciate the intricacy of the Ukraine-Russia relationship from the time of Volodymyr the … 988) to the present, and it would require dozen visits to Ukraine to understand the land and its people. Yet, in only …
The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part II
… The crisis between Ukraine, Russia, and the European Union/United States … , both from OSU’s Glenn School of Public Affairs, about Ukraine’s struggles to achieve democracy in the post-Soviet … our double feature on events involving Crimea, Russia, and Ukraine. Leticia Wiggins So in the first part, we …
Taras Shevchenko, Poet of Ukraine
… stringed instrument, the kobza. Shevchenko’s poems imagined Ukraine as a distinct nation with a people, culture, and … Kobzar appropriated the history of the Cossacks for Ukraine. The freedom they embodied became a potent … example, about a 1630 peasant revolt, included these lines: Ukraine, O my dear Ukraine, Trampled by the Polacks! My …
The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part I
… electrified these past weeks by the explosive events in Ukraine: a dramatic political revolution in Kyiv's … was absorbed into Russia, and what the future holds for Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula. ( Image Source ) Posted … the recent startling and important events transpiring in Ukraine, Crimea, and Putin's Russia, all of us here at …
Ukrainian Architecture at War
… President’s way of proving to the world that he remained in Ukraine despite false reports from Russia that he had fled … culture, and connecting with people. We need to consider Ukraine’s architecture during war first and foremost because … today. These stunning examples of modern architecture in Ukraine faced several common challenges even before the …
The Cossacks, Ukraine’s Paradigmatic Warriors
… Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian army has proven … by Pavlo Chybynsky in 1862, amidst growing nationalism when Ukraine was under the control of the Russian Empire , says: … sung today solidifies the significance of these people in Ukraine’s ongoing self-identity and fight to maintain …
Taras Shevchenko, Poet of Ukraine
Taras Shevchenko is not just the founder of the modern Ukrainian literary language, he is also the most important symbol of modern Ukrainian nationhood.
… modern Ukrainian nationhood. … Stephen M. Norris … Europe … Ukraine … Literature … Russia … Taras Shevchenko, Poet of Ukraine …
West Ukraine's War Stories: A New Chapter?
The region of western Ukraine makes up just a small percentage of the territory and population of present-day Ukraine, but has historically played an outsized role in the 20th century struggles for control of eastern Europe.
… The region of western Ukraine makes up just a small percentage of the territory and population of present-day Ukraine, but has historically played an outsized role in the … and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. … The region of western Ukraine makes up just a small percentage of the territory …
Ukraine: The Breadbasket of Europe
… After Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, international agencies such as … popular media suggest the wider world had been unaware that Ukraine is so important to the world’s food supply. In fact, since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine has returned to its pre-revolutionary position as a …
Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage
… Their work highlights the innovative art of the 1920s and Ukraine’s cultural connections to Europe . And while we … the Berezil was the largest state-funded theater in Soviet Ukraine. Based in Kharkiv, the capital of Soviet Ukraine, it produced extraordinary work. Yet it remains …
A Postcard from Kyiv: A Year of Reckoning for Ukraine
… 2014 was a year of tremendous and unfinished change for Ukraine : a dramatic political revolution in Kyiv's … into Russia, ongoing fighting in the eastern regions of Ukraine, and rising tensions between Russia and the United … essayist, and prose fiction writer who lives in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. He spent much of December 2013 on Kyiv’s Maidan …
Ukraine: The Breadbasket of Europe
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine has returned to its pre-revolutionary positin as a major agricultural exporter of key commodities.
… Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine has returned to its pre-revolutionary positin as a … With Russia currently controlling a large portion of Ukraine's cultivated agricultural land in the south, as well … a significant amount of grain for export is stranded in Ukraine. Written by Ian M. Sheldon. Narration by Dr. …
Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage
On a summer day in August 1920, in the middle of war, a group of Ukrainians performed Macbeth.
… a group of Ukrainians performed Macbeth. … Mayhill Fowler … Ukraine … Art … Former Soviet Union … Theater … Ukrainian …
Ukraine in War and Revolution
The decade of war and revolution between 1914 and 1924 is critical for understanding both Russian and Ukrainian statehood up to the present day.
… statehood up to the present day. … Joshua A. Sanborn … Ukraine … Military/War/Peace … Russia … Former Soviet Union … Ukraine in War and Revolution …
Soviet Ukraine in a Nutshell
When the Russian Empire collapsed in 1917 during World War I, the lands of today’s Ukraine became a battleground of violence and instability until 1922.
… collapsed in 1917 during World War I, the lands of today’s Ukraine became a battleground of violence and instability … collapsed in 1917 during World War I, the lands of today’s Ukraine became a battleground of violence and instability … until 1922. … Mayhill Fowler … Former Soviet Union … Ukraine … World War II / WWII … Soviet Ukraine in a Nutshell …
