Ruthenia The History of Ukraine and Belarus after the Dissolution of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth [Audiobook]

English | ISBN: 9798822640764 | 2022 | 1 hours and 47 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 148 MB
The history of Ukraine is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The region was relatively sparsely populated for much of ancient history, a wilderness of rivers, forests, and steppes, but that does not detract from the rich historical development of the region. A huge area, Ukraine is wedged between the continents of Asia and Europe, and its position as a crossroads ensured there was fierce competition for influence there. Historians have called the formation of Ukraine the “establishment of a unity among three zones.the ports of Crimea and the coast, the rich steppe heartland, and the forests,” based around the themes of “geography, ecology and culture.”