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Early Ukraine : a military and social history to the mid-19th century / Alexander Basilevsky.

EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online

EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)

EBSCOhost eBook History Collection - North America Available online

EBSCOhost eBook History Collection - North America
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Basilevsky, Alexander, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cossacks--Ukraine--History.
Cossacks.
Ukraine--History--To 1648.
Ukraine.
Ukraine--History--1648-1775.
Ukraine--History, Military.
Kievan Rus--History.
Kievan Rus.
Ukraine--Relations.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (407 p.)
Place of Publication:
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"Drawing on English, Ukrainian and French sources, this book chronicles the military and social origins of Ukraine and describes the differences between Ukraine and its neighbors. The author refutes the claim that Ukraine and Russia were once united in a common political system"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: History and politics
The early history
The Roman Empire
The Slavs and the Roman Empire
Rus, the early beginnings
The rise of the Kyiv state
Civilization comes to Rus
The Papal Crusades
Internal conflict and foreign invasion
The coming of the Mongols
The rise of the Cossacks
The Zaporozhian Brotherhood and the first Cossack wars
Rising up against oppression
The Ukrainian Revolution
The revolution continues
Alliance with the Tsar and the death of Khmelnitsky
The Cossacks defeated
The end of Cossack freedom
Epilogue: The birth of the Ukrainian state.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-4766-2022-9

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