Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
ISBN 13 : 9781230777146
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (771 download)
Book Synopsis Slavic Countries and Territories by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book Slavic Countries and Territories written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 164. Chapters: Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Republic of Macedonia. Excerpt: Ukraine (; Ukrainian: , transliterated: , ) is a country in Eastern Europe. Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. It has an area of 603,628 km, making it the largest country entirely within Europe. According to a popular and well established theory, the medieval state of Kievan Rus was established by the Varangians in the 9th century as the first historically recorded East Slavic state. It emerged as a powerful nation in the Middle Ages but disintegrated in the 12th century. By the middle of the 14th century, Ukrainian territories were under the rule of three external powers-the Golden Horde, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Kingdom of Poland. After the Great Northern War (1700-1721), Ukraine was divided among a number of regional powers. By the 19th century, the largest part of Ukraine was integrated into the Russian Empire, with the rest under Austro-Hungarian control. A chaotic period of incessant warfare ensued, with internationally recognized establishment of independent Ukrainian People's Republic. Independent Ukraine emerged from its own civil war. Then Soviet aggression and Ukrainian-Soviet War followed, which resulted in Soviet victory. Ukrainian People's Republic was occupied and puppet state called Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was created. On December 30, 1922 it became one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union. Soviet government was hostile to Ukrainian language and Ukrainian culture, there were mass repressions of Ukrainian poets, historians...