The History of Ukraine by David Barnett

Author:David Barnett
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: LZ Publishing
Published: 2022-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

The Late 19th Century

Ukraine was mostly under Russian control by the latter half of the 18th century. The Russian Empire itself had expanded into areas like the northern Pontic coast, including areas once occupied by the Ottoman Empire.

The Russians had managed to seize Ottoman territory over the course of many Russo-Turkish Wars, most of them in the 18th century. There have been settlers from parts of the European mainland that have settled in territories occupied by Russia.

At one point, Swedes that were previously situated in Estonia would resettle in the southern part of Ukraine. They would establish a village known as Gammalsvenskby-Zmiivka.

Amid the Russian influence over much of Ukraine, many Ukrainians including several intellectuals called for Ukraine to become an independent nation. One notable figure was Taras Shevchenko, a poet that used his craft for a cultural revival.

Despite dying in Saint Petersburg in 1861, he was considered a national hero among his fellow Ukrainians. The Russian Empire had long since restricted the use of the Ukrainian language even to the point of banning it in some places. However, Shevchenko continued to use it in his writings and inspire readers and fellow Ukrainians to rise up and reject Russian imperialism.

Shevchenko was a former serf early on in his life. His passing had happened around the time when Emperor Alexander II enacted the Emancipation Reform of 1861, ultimately abolishing serfdom within the empire.

Shevchenko and many Ukrainians with nationalist sentiment were situated in the western half of Ukraine where they were safe to express their beliefs and use the Ukrainian language despite the Russian Empire’s limitations. However, other Ukrainians were welcoming and accepting of their new ‘Russian Identity’.

Parts of western Ukraine were still under control of the Austrian Empire including Galicia. The elite were either of Polish or Austrian descent. Soon, the rise of Ukrainophilia was soon incepted and would eventually make its way across the Russian Empire.

Well into the 20th century, many Ukrainian poets continued to express their sentiment for an independent Ukraine. One such poem was ‘Love Ukraine’ by Volodymyr Sosyura in 1944. In the poem, it stated that one cannot respect other nations without respecting their own.

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