As the Bolsheviks sought to expand their influence across the former territories of the Russian Empire, Ukraine became a significant battleground. In December 1917, amidst the chaos of the Russian Revolution and the collapse of imperial power, the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets was proclaimed. This was a direct challenge to the ...

Following the abolition of autonomy in the Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine and the annexation of the Right Bank and Volhynia, Ukrainian lands in the Russian Empire formally lost all traces of their national distinctiveness.

The Russification of Ukraine (Ukrainian: зросійщення України; Russian: русификация Украины) was a system of measures, actions and legislations undertaken by the Imperial Russian and later Soviet authorities to strengthen Russian national, political and linguistic positions in Ukraine.

5 days ago · Ukraine - Imperial Rule, Cossacks, Hetmanate: Following the abolition of autonomy in the Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine and the annexation of the Right Bank and Volhynia, Ukrainian lands in the Russian Empire formally lost all traces of their national distinctiveness.

May 6, 2023 · Here's the story of Ukraine and Russia's long and turbulent relationship over the past 1,000 years, from Medieval Rus to the First Tsars, the Imperial Era to the USSR and in the Post-Soviet Era. 'The Siege of Sevastopol' painted by Franz Roubaud, 1904.

Mar 15, 2022 · Here's the story of Ukraine and Russia's long and turbulent relationship over the past 1,000 years, from Medieval Rus to the First Tsars, the Imperial Era to the USSR and in the Post-Soviet Era. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shone a spotlight on the relationship between the two nations.

Mar 3, 2022 · Putin claims that the German Empire and Austrian-Hungarian Empire essentially created a modern Ukraine. Is that true? The Central Powers were the World War I coalition that consisted primarily of the German Empire and Austria-Hungary.

Mar 5, 2020 · 1772-1795 - Most of western Ukraine is absorbed into the Russian Empire through the partitions of Poland. 1783 - Russia takes over southern Ukraine through the annexation of the Crimean...

Nov 5, 2009 · Soon after the Bolsheviks seized control in immense, troubled Russia in November 1917 and moved toward negotiating peace with the Central Powers, the former Russian state of Ukraine declares...

Feb 24, 2022 · What Putin’s address reveals is the desire to plot Russian and Ukrainian history through the lens of imperialism. He is attempting to establish a direct line from shared ancient origins to a first and second Russian empire: one under the Romanov Tsars (1721-1917) and the second as part of the USSR.