ULP 2-71 | Курс з історії України Ч. 1 “Київська Русь” | Ukrainian History Course Part 1

Ви готові до курсу історії України? Are you ready for a Ukrainian History Course?

Have a look at some important historical expressions below before listening to this episode.

In this Ukrainian Lesson, you will:

• listen to my introduction about курс історії України;
• learn some vocabulary to talk about history and time;
• listen to the first part of the Ukrainian History Course in 3 chunks with my explanations; 
• try to solve a short quiz;
• learn more about the fine line between facts and legends in early history.

Енциклопедія: Important historical terms from this episode

Study these important terms before listening to the episode:

• кіммерійці, скіфи, сармати, гуни, готи – names of the tribes (племена) living in the territories of modern Ukraine at different times
• Херсонес – an ancient Greek colony (давньогрецька колонія) founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula.
• слов’яни – an ethnolinguistic group of Slavs.
• Чорне море, Біле море, Балтійське море – names of the seas that surrounded the territories where Slavs (слов’яни) were living.
• Київська Русь – Kyivan Rus’, a federation of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 9^th to the mid-13^th century
• Олег, Ігор, Ольга, Святослав, Володимир Великий, Ярослав Мудрий – the most powerful kings (князі) of Kyivan Rus.
• “Повість минулих літ” – the Primary Chronicle, the most ancient source of interpretation of the history of Kyivan Rus’, compiled in Kyiv about 1113 by Нестор Літописець – Nestor the Chronicler.
• “Золота Орда” – The Golden Horde, Mongol state established in parts of present-day Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan after the break-up of the Mongol Empire (Монгольська імперія) in the 1240s.

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