2 options
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
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.