Questions tagged [ukraine]
For questions pertaining to the nation of Ukraine and its territory, the Ukrainian people, language, or culture. For questions about the medieval period, use [ruthenia] or [kievan-rus].
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Why are Ukranian town and city names so (relatively) repetitive?
I've been browsing the map of Eastern and Southern Ukraine over the recent couple of years (looking at where the war is being conducted), and I noticed a very high rate of name repetition: There are ...
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Is the 2024 Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region the first time since WW2 Russia was invaded?
It's widely claimed that the 2024 Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region is the first time since WW2 Russia was invaded:
France24:
Ukraine's incursion, the first on Russian soil since World War II
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Why were there so many 'carrier killer' Kh-22 anti-ship missiles in Ukraine in the 1990s?
Ukraine is said to have scrapped 423 Kh-22 large anti-ship ('carrier killer') cruise missiles in the 1990s, together with some 60 strategic bombers that could carry & launch these. (This was due ...
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Why is Berehove in Ukraine and not in Hungary?
Checking the distribution of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, is seems there is a stripe of land next to the Hungarian/Ukrainian border which has a majority of Hungarian inhabitants. Such a stripe, ...
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Why didn't a noble family change their last name from a kind of duck to something more prestigious?
Several days ago, I got curious about the last name of Nikolai Gogol. It just seemed not Slavic to me to be the last name of a Russian/Ukrainian author.
I searched for his father on Wikipedia:
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Is the history of relations between Ukraine and Russia similar to what was between Ireland and Uk? [closed]
Ukraine vs Russia:
similar or same language, but cultural distance
national resistance against imperial project, famine
long shared history (neighbors), cultural influence
UK vs Ireland:
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What anti-smuggling measures were implemented on the border between Ukraine and Hungary in the late 1990s and early 2000s?
Closely related cross-site: Why did Hungary joining the E.U. cause oil prices fall to be only marginally higher than they were in Ukraine?
Somewhat related cross-site: Were schoolteachers really paid ...
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Books on Ukrainian War of Independence 1917-1921
I would like to know more about the period in the history of Ukraine between 1917 and 1921. Therefore, I am looking for a book that methodologically describes the events in the territory where ...
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Why was the Budjak annexed to Ukraine in 1940?
In 1940, the USSR pressured Romania to surrender its eastern-most province of Bessarabia. The majority of it was given to the newly formed Moldavian SSR, but the Budjak was made part of Ukraine ...
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What are the reasons for the failure of Soviet Union at agriculture? [closed]
The failure at agriculture is known to everybody. The Soviet Union became one of the main importer of grain whereas till sixties was one the main exporters. Does anyone know more on this or can ...
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Where are the 1921 census records for Haloch?
Haloch is a small village in Ukraine (Ukrainian wikipedia), part of the Zakarpattia Oblast. In 1921, it was part of Czechoslovakia. That year, there was a census, "The First Czechoslovak ...
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Where to read the "Agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the Parameters of the Division of the Black Sea Fleet" of May 28, 1997?
I don't know if 1997 is history, but...
Article 4.1 of the 28 May 1997 "Agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the Status and Conditions for the Stay of the Black Sea Fleet of ...
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What legal instruments in the Russian Empire criminalised teaching peasants to read?
When he was 17 - and he was born in 1867 so this was after the 1861 abolition of serfdom - Boris Sidis was jailed in the Ukraine, then in the Russian Empire, for the crime of teaching peasants to read ...
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What was the extent of Kohl's government opposition to the independence of Ukraine?
There's a (paywalled) piece in Der Spiegel summarized as
In 1991, the Helmut Kohl government wanted to prevent the eastward expansion of NATO and the independence of Ukraine - this is shown by ...
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Were the "Petlurovites" who took Kiev in 1918 commanded by a communist?
In the novel White Guard (Белая гвардия), Mikhail Bulgakov describes the capture of Kiev in 1918 by Petlurovites as a disaster, and their being worse than the Whites (whom he supported). Yet, history ...
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What was 250,000 rubles worth in 1918?
Circa 1918, during the Ukrainian War of Independence and the Russian Revolution, Nestor Makhno's army expropriated 250,000 rubles from a bank, per Skirda 2004.
Is there a way to contextualize the size/...
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What were Russia and the US were planning to do if Ukraine refused to give up their nuclear arsenal?
In 1994, Ukraine famously gave up their nuclear arsenal in exchange for the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances. But is it known if Russia or the US had any backup plans in case Ukraine stood ...
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Would Jewish Ukranians historically have worn vyshyvankas and integrated Slavic embroidary into their lives?
I am trying to learn about the culture of Jewish ancestors in eastern Europe and wonder what elements of Slavic culture would have been present or distinct from Jewish culture in the area. ...
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Do wars in Europe rarely start on a Wednesday? [closed]
When the Russian ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, was asked by the German newspaper Die Welt whether Russian armed forces would start to invade the Ukraine on Wednesday February 16th, as ...
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How to get per 1000 deaths numbers for the 1932-34 Holodomor in Ukraine for the rural areas only, against the less starving town population?
As to wikipedia, Holodomor is about:
Country: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Location: Central and eastern Ukraine
Period: 1932–1933
Total deaths: Around 3.5 million
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What determined which companies went to which post-Soviet republics after the fall of the Soviet Union as everything was centralized in Moscow?
After the fall of the Soviet Union, all the post-Soviet republics (e.g., Ukraine, Kazakhstan) inherited some state-owned corporations. However, since all the corporations were under the control of the ...
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Good books on Kievan Rus era? [closed]
Title pretty much self explenatory.
Im a student myself (but not of history), and I am looking for a good book on the period that is not too heavy, but gives good coverage for early east Slavic ...
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Did Austrian chief of staff Franz Riml say that the only way to correct the Russophile Ukrainians is to exterminate them?
Several Russian pages claim that Austrian general Franz Riml von Altrosenburg said the following:
Galician Russians can be divided in two groups:
a) Russophiles and
b) Ukrainophiles.
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How was the vast Khazar fortress of Sarkel destroyed?
I understood that Sarkel was a vast Khazar hilltop limestone-bricks fortress of the type of a fortified town, located in the present-day Rostov Oblast of Russia, on the left bank of the lower Don ...
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Was the internment camp Thalerhof the first concentration camp in Europe?
During World War I, Austrohungarian authorities ran a so-called internment camp in Thalerhof (close to Graz in modern Austria). According to Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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How old was the Pripyat hospital МСЧ-126 at the time of Chernobyl disaster?
After seeing praises (both in general and about the historically accurate display of Soviet Union) on the Chernobyl series, I decided to watch it.
In the first episode we see a hospital. What striked ...
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Where can I find documents from the Nuremberg trials about war crimes of the Wehrmacht in the Soviet Union?
I want to read documents that were used to prove German war crimes in the Soviet Union, incl. crimes against civilians and treatment of Soviet prisoners of war.
So far I found the following:
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What is the historical significance of the Tryzub to Ukrainian diaspora?
The Tryzub appears on the coat of arms of Ukraine. What is its historic significance to the diaspora?
I am aware this is the symbol of the sea god Poseidon of Greek mythology, for this reason I ...
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What is Russia's official reason for invading Crimea? [closed]
I'm having trouble finding Russia's official reason for invading the Crimea region of Ukraine. If my memory serves me right, didn't they change the reason halfway through the invasion?
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Help with identifying my great-grandfather's pre-WWI Cossack uniform
My great-grandfahter was a Cossack from "Then Russia" "Now Belarus" where the Belarus, Ukraine and Poland borders met, but I don't now which "type" like Don or Kuban etc. He fled from the place he ...
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What is known about the people of Khazaria?
We know that the ruling elite and many other people of the Khazars have converted to Rabbinic Judaism. What happened to these people after the fall of the Khazar state? Why did they disappear?
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When did the word "Holodomor" appear?
Holodomor (Голодомор) is a part of the Soviet famine of 1932–33.
The events in Ukraine were called "Holodomor", but when did the word appear?
Google Books Ngram Viewer shows no mentions of Holodomor ...
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Did the Romans Hold Territory in Ukraine?
I noticed on the Wikipedia article for Septimius Severus the map of the empire in 210 shows area around Odessa and Yuzhne. Did the Romans actually hold these areas as colonies or incorporated into a ...
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Why was the capital of Ukraine moved in 1934?
The Russian Revolution is fairly famous for moving the capital from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to Moscow. But I was surprised to learn that the capital of Ukraine was Kharkiv until it was switched to ...
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Did the Ukraine and Moldova belong to Russia between 1905-1918? [closed]
Between the years of 1905-1918? Were the countries of Moldova and Ukraine part of the Russian Federation? Or were they their own independent state / country.?
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What was the purpose of the 1991 referendum on the future of the Soviet Union?
In 1991, the Soviet Union held a referendum about its future political structure. The results of that referendum are presented in this infographic, or here.
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How popular was the Soviet Union?
How much popular support was there in the Soviet Union? How did this popular support increase and decrease with time?
Here is an infographic that sort of summarizes my question. It shows that even at ...
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What was "Taurica"? [closed]
I tend to see the area around Crimea referred to as "Taurica" when did this start and why did it stop?
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Taurica
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Is it true that Proto-Ukrainians conquered Europe and India?
I am a Ukrainian high school student. Recently we were told by a teacher that Proto-Ukrainians, the people who lived in the modern territory of Ukraine and ancestors of modern Ukrainians, once ...
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Did Ivan Marchenko actually exist? [closed]
According to Wikipedia (and other sources I saw) so very little is known about Ivan Marchenko that his name is not even mentioned in official documents around that time; even his date of birth is ...
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What are the historical inaccuracies in Repin's "Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks"?
Russian Wikipedia says this about "Запорожцы пишут письмо турецкому султану" ("Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire") painting by Ilya Repin:
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What was character of Chmielnitski's rise?
What was the character of Chmielnitski's rise? It has started as a private conflict between him and a polish nobel, Aleksander Czapliński. But what was after? And what was the reason to fight when ...
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What language did Petlura speak casually?
In Bulgakov's novel "The White Guard" one of the characters, Turbin alleges that Simon Petlura does not speak Ukrainian language himself despite the measures he took to promote it.
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Did Russia and Ukraine exchange Crimea for Taganrog? [closed]
Did Ukraine give Russia the Taganrog region in exchange for Crimea?
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What is the historical background of the current Ukraine crisis (2014)?
Apparently the "Ukraine" is actually split east and west. Many people in the eastern part would prefer for their country to be part of Russia, while protesters in the western Ukraine wants something ...
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How and why did Polish rule over the Ukraine "downwardly deviate" from Lithuanian rule?
In the Middle Ages, "Lithuania" ruled over not only the modern Lithuania, but also modern Belarus and large parts of the modern western Ukraine. The inhabitants of these "Ukrainian" territories seemed ...
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Why did the "Ruthenians" break up into "Belarusians" and "Ukrainians?"
The Ruthenians were a group of East Slavic people in Kievan Rus that are not what we would call "Russians" today. The term refers mainly to Belarussians and Ukrainians, the two largest ...
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How many people were affected by the Holodomor [Famine-Genocide in Ukraine]
How many people were affected during the famine? Are there any sources for Soviet records on the Holodomor?
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Why did the USSR give Crimea to Ukraine?
In 1954 Soviets transferred Crimea from Russian Soviet Republic to Ukrainian Soviet Republic.
Why is this strange?
The whole act, at least officially, was meant to be "a gift", a token of friendship....
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