Medievalists.net » Ukraine http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Struggle for East-European Empire 1400 – 1700 : The Crimean Khanate, Ottomans and the Rise of the Russian Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/04/struggle-east-european-empire-1400-1700-crimean-khanate-ottomans-rise-russian-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/04/struggle-east-european-empire-1400-1700-crimean-khanate-ottomans-rise-russian-empire/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:54:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48068 By the middle of the 15th century, in Eastern Europe instead of one dominant imperial power there were newly rising states which eventually came to compete for supremacy over the whole region

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/04/struggle-east-european-empire-1400-1700-crimean-khanate-ottomans-rise-russian-empire/feed/ 0 The Crimea on the Map of South Sarmatia by Bernard Wapowski http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/04/crimea-map-south-sarmatia-bernard-wapowski/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/04/crimea-map-south-sarmatia-bernard-wapowski/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2014 18:45:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48064 The purpose of the present article is publication and analysis of the content of the map of the Crimea, practically unknown in Ukraine, which is a part of the map of the South Sarmatia of 1526 by 'the father of the Polish Cartography' Bernard Wapowski.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/04/crimea-map-south-sarmatia-bernard-wapowski/feed/ 0 National Identity and History Writing in Ukraine http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/national-identity-history-writing-ukraine/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/national-identity-history-writing-ukraine/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 22:16:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48011 This article focuses on one aspect of the contestation in history writing between Ukraine and Russia; that of the medieval state of Kyiv Rus.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/national-identity-history-writing-ukraine/feed/ 0 Nation Building, History Writing and Competition over the Legacy of Kyiv Rus in Ukraine http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/nation-building-history-writing-competition-legacy-kyiv-rus-ukraine/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/nation-building-history-writing-competition-legacy-kyiv-rus-ukraine/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:17:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48007 This article surveys the history of Kyiv Rus within the realm of nation building, identity and historical myths.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/nation-building-history-writing-competition-legacy-kyiv-rus-ukraine/feed/ 0 The Effects of the Mongol Empire on Russia http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/the-effects-of-the-mongol-empire-on-russia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/the-effects-of-the-mongol-empire-on-russia/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:02:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37453 This paper looks at the Mongol Empire's impacts on Russia in terms of religion, art, language, government, and the ultimate rise of Moscow.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/the-effects-of-the-mongol-empire-on-russia/feed/ 0 A Distant World: Russian Relations with Europe Before Peter the Great http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/04/a-distant-world-russian-relations-with-europe-before-peter-the-great/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/04/a-distant-world-russian-relations-with-europe-before-peter-the-great/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:15:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36207 Despite their isolation and poverty, the Slavic plowmen succeeded in settling this unforgiving region, expanding their numbers, and, most importantly, creating the beginnings of a trading network along the many rivers of the region—the western Dvina, the Volkhov, the northern Dvina, and the Dniepr and its tributaries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/04/a-distant-world-russian-relations-with-europe-before-peter-the-great/feed/ 0 Slavic Paganism http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/24/slavic-paganism/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/24/slavic-paganism/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:08:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33141 Before the advent of Christianity, the European population practiced various forms of paganism. Pagan beliefs were not centralized or codified; they exhibited specific regional characteristics that developed within relatively small territories (Afanas'ev). Slavic cities had differing pantheons comprised of deities whom the inhabitants considered to be most important.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/24/slavic-paganism/feed/ 0 Folk narratives and legends as sources of widespread idioms: Toward a Lexicon of Common Figurative Units http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/18/folk-narratives-and-legends-as-sources-of-widespread-idioms-toward-a-lexicon-of-common-figurative-units/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/18/folk-narratives-and-legends-as-sources-of-widespread-idioms-toward-a-lexicon-of-common-figurative-units/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:06:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30273 On the one hand, stories (particularly fables) have been de- rived from already existing proverbs, from antiquity up to early modern times. On the other hand, a story in its summarised form can live on in a proverb or an idiom, even if the knowledge of this story has been forgotten for a long time.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/18/folk-narratives-and-legends-as-sources-of-widespread-idioms-toward-a-lexicon-of-common-figurative-units/feed/ 0 A Reconstruction of the Flora and Vegetation in the Central Area of Early Medieval Kyiv, Ukraine, Based on the Results of Palynological Investigations http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/13/a-reconstruction-of-the-flora-and-vegetation-in-the-central-area-of-early-medieval-kyiv-ukraine-based-on-the-results-of-palynological-investigations/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/13/a-reconstruction-of-the-flora-and-vegetation-in-the-central-area-of-early-medieval-kyiv-ukraine-based-on-the-results-of-palynological-investigations/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:13:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16935 A Reconstruction of the Flora and Vegetation in the Central Area of Early Medieval Kyiv, Ukraine, Based on the Results of Palynological Investigations By Lyudmila G. Bezusko, Timur V. Bezusko, and Sergei L. Mosyakin Urban Habitats, Vol.1:1 (2003) Abstract: This paper provides a partial reconstruction of the main features of the flora and vegetation of […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/13/a-reconstruction-of-the-flora-and-vegetation-in-the-central-area-of-early-medieval-kyiv-ukraine-based-on-the-results-of-palynological-investigations/feed/ 0 Women’s Clothing in Kievan Rus http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/13/women%c2%92s-clothing-in-kievan-rus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/13/women%c2%92s-clothing-in-kievan-rus/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:21:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16909 Women’s Clothing in Kievan Rus La Rus, Sofya Kies, Mka Lisa Medieval Textiles, Issue.27 (2001) Abstract Women’s clothing in 10th to 15th century Rus’, as in other cultures, reflected societal norms, and the individual’s originality and conception of beauty, and indicated rank, wealth, profession, family status and locality. A woman’s inner dignity and emotional restraint were emphasized […]

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