Ukraine. Volume 2 : a concise encyclopaedia / prepared by Shevchenko Scientific Society ; edited by Volodymyr Kubiĭovych ; foreword by Ernest J. Simmons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kubijovyc, Volodymr, Author.

Contributor:

Kubiĭovych, Volodymyr, editor.

Simmons, Ernest J., writer of foreword.

Shevchenko Scientific Society.

Standardized Title:

Entsyklopediiaa͡ ukraïnoznavstva. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Ukrainian.

Ukraine--Dictionaries.

Ukraine--Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1487 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Toronto, Canada] : University of Toronto Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The material in the original three-volume set, published in Ukrainian in 1949, has been translated, revised, and supplemented withup-to-date material by a number of prominent research scholars from the USA and Canada. The revised text has been carefully checked by experts in each field of study. The contents of Volume II consist of sections on law, church, scholarship, education, libraries, publishing, arts, music, theatre and cinema, national economy, health, armed forces, and Ukrainians abroad. Libraries, government agencies, and all those seeking knowledge of Eastern Europe will find in the Encyclopaedia a wealth of fascinating and illuminating material not available elsewhere in the English language.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

Introduction

I. The Law

II. The Ukrainian Church

III. Scholarship

IV. Education and Schools

V. Libraries, Archives, Museums

VI. Book Publishing and the Press

VII. The Arts

VIII. Music and Choreography

IX. Theater and Cinema

X. National Economy

XI. Health and Medical Services and Physical Culture

XII. The Armed Forces

Index

Maps

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 23, 2016).

ISBN:

1-282-01191-X

9786612011917

1-4426-7319-2

OCLC:

946712807