The history of what we now think of as Russia started in Kyiv more than 1,000 years ago when Viking warrior-merchants came down from the north and founded Kyivan Rus, the first East Slavic state, in ...

Editor’s Note: Cristina Florea is an assistant professor of history at Cornell University whose research, writing and teaching focus on Central and Eastern Europe. The views expressed here are her own ...

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Since the onset of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine in February this year, there has been an upsurge of interest in Ukrainian history. And in the midst of a conflict over national sovereignty, ...

I know the author of the book under review, Mark Edele, personally. “The whole story” is an unexpected subtitle for a book by a historian. We have long been alert to the fact that, faced with the ...

A Brief History Of Ukraine (And Why Russia Wants To Control It) In this animated video, historian Matt Lewis tells the story of Ukraine's turbulent and often surprising history. Beginning over a ...

Guardsmen of the NATO-trained 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade hold a Leleka-100 reconaissance drone purchased via the Army of Drones crowdfunding campaign in November 2022. UKRAINE - AUGUST 2, 2022 - Head ...

When Vladimir Putin denies the reality of the Ukrainian state, he is speaking the familiar language of empire. For five hundred years, European conquerors called the societies that they encountered ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine appealed for urgent international aid this week after the fall of Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovich cast doubt on whether it could get the remaining $12 billion ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a war of conquest. Conquest of territory that the Kremlin feels entitled to; of people, who according to Putin belong to the “Russian World”; and of resources, from ...

President Donald Trump’s desire to negotiate a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine is a moral one. Ukraine is likely to make painful concessions to secure peace as long as Russia knows any future ...