Історія та культура України

Course Overview: History and Culture of Ukraine

• The course aims to cover the subject of Ukrainian history and culture.
• The course is organized according to a historical timeline.
• The key historical period is the era of ancient Ukraine through the establishment of a Ukrainian state.

Early Periods of Ukraine

• Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods are part of early Ukrainian history.
• The Tripillian culture and its importance is discussed.
• Ancient tribes (Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatians, and Goths) played a role in Ukrainian history.
• Ancient settlements in the Northern Black Sea region are studied.

Kievan Rus'

• The formation of Kievan Rus' and its key periods.
• Key figures, including Rurik, Oleg, Igor, Olga, Svyatoslav, Volodymyr the Great, and Yaroslav the Wise are covered.
• Religious and cultural aspects of the period are examined.
• The period of fragmentation and decline.
• The Mongol-Tartar invasion and its impact on Kievan Rus' are covered.

Later Periods

• The establishment of the Galicia-Volhynia state.
• The Lublin and Brest unions and their religious and social impact.
• Cossack emergence and the development of the Zaporozhian Sich.
• Cossack uprisings of the late 16th and early 17th centuries and their reasons are studied.

National Liberation War

• Causes and stages of the National Liberation War of the Ukrainian people.
• The role of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
• The key historical event of 1654 (the treaty and its implications).
• The concept of the Ruina period.
• Ukrainian-Muscovite conflicts.
• Hetmans Vovchysn, Vygovsky, and other influential figures of the era are discussed.

Later Developments

• The activity of other prominent figures (such as Mazepa, Apostol).
• Events related to the dissolution of the Hetmanate and the Zaporozhian Sich.