History of Ukraine - Early prehistory - Article Index

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Early Prehistory
The first identifiable groups to populate what is now Ukraine were the Neolithic people of the Trypillian culture, followed by the Cimmer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - The 20th Century
When World War I and the Bolshevik revolution in Russia shattered the Austrian and Russian empires, Ukrainians were caught in the middle....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Post-war And Independence
Over the next decades the Ukrainian republic not only overcame the pre-war levels of industry and productions but was the spearhead of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Ukraine After Independence
The history of Ukraine after the independence between 1992 and 2004 was marked by the presidencies of Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Transition To Russian And Austrian Rule
See also: Partitions of Poland Tsarist rule over central Ukraine gradually replaced 'protection' over the subsequent decades. After the P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - The Cossack Era
See also: History of Cossacks The 1648 Ukrainian Cossack (Kozak) rebellion and war of independence (Khmelnytsky Uprising), which started ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Kievan Rus’
In the 9th century, Kiev was conquered from the Khazars by the Varangian (Swedish Viking) Oleg. The Khazars were a Turkic semi-nomadic pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Halych-volynia
A successor state to Kievan Rus' on part of the territory of today's Ukraine was the principality of Halych-Volynia. Previously, Volodymy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ukraine - Loss Of Independence
During the 14th century, Poland and Lithuania fought wars against the Mongol invaders, and eventually most of Ukraine passed to the rule ...   » Read the article