Task for individual work

1. Point out the theories of the origin of the name Ukraine. How many do you know? What are they?

2. What was the reason for quarrels between the Slavs and the Scandinavians?

3. The main reforms of Volodymyr. Why did he choose Christianity?

4. When was the zenith of Kievan Rus? Why?

Compulsory literature

1. Orest Subtelny History of Ukraine – New York 1990 p.3-56

2. Mykhaylo Hrushevsky History of Ukraine – essay p.1-5

Seminar 2. Galicia and Volhynia

1. The regional development of the Rus principalities.

2. Galicia and Volhynia: the importance of the principalities for Kievan Rus.

3. The geographical location of Galicia-Volhynia. The origin of the population of the principalities.

4. The first rulers of Galicia and Volhynia.

6. The Rostyslavychi of Galicia.

7. The Romanovychi of Galicia:

a) Roman Mstyslavych. His domestic and foreign policy.

b) The reason for Roman’s undoing and death.

8. The power in Galicia-Volhynia after Roman’s death.

9. Danylo Galitsky:

a) Danylo’s fight for the unification of the lands;

b) The reason for Galicia and Volhynia to function as a single unit

c) Danylo’s major foreign problems

d) Danylo’s request to Pope Innocent IV

e) The failure of Danylo’s Mongol policy

f) Danylo’s great influence with his western neighbours

10. The significance of Danylo’s ruling and political activity

11. The significance of Galicia-Volhynia

12. The significance of Kievan Rus

Vocabulary

principality	[prɪnsɪˈpælɪtɪ]	князівство
to inherit	[ɪnˈherɪt]	успадковувати
inheritors	[ɪnˈherɪtə(r)]	спадкоємці
elite	[eɪˈliːt ]	еліта
descendants	[dɪˈsend(ə)nt]	нащадки
realm	[relm]	королівство, держава, царство
heritage	[ˈherɪtɪdʒ]	спадщина
overlordship	[ˈəʊvəlɔːd ʃɪp]	панування
to usurp	[jʊˈzəːp, jʊˈsəːp]	узурпувати,незаконно захоплювати
to reinstate	[riːɪnˈsteɪt]	відновлювати у правах
ambush	[ˈambʊʃ]	засідка
to massacre	[ˈmasəkə(r) ]	влаштовувати різанину
yoke	[jəʊk]	іго,ярмо,неволя

Liubech		Любич
Galicia		Галичина
Volhynia		Волинь
the Hungarians		угорці
Lithuanian		литовський
the Danube	[‘dænju :b]	Дунай
Poland		Польща
the Poles	[pəulz]	поляки
the Amenians	[‘a :’mi :njəns]	вірмени