Tasks for individual work

1. Point out the historical importance of the division of Poland in the 18^th c.

2. Characterize the national movement for independence in Galicia in the 1^st half of the 19^th c.

3. Characterize the Ukrainian Hromad’s movement in Ukraine in the 2^nd half of the 19^th c.

4. Taras Shevchenco and his role in the formation of the state.

Compulsory literature

1. Orest Subtelny History of Ukraine. – New York 1990p. 179-211

2. Mykhaylo Hrushevsky History of Ukraine – essay p.11-14

3. www.infoukes.com

4. www.ozemail.com

5. www.uahistory.com

6. www.brama.com

Seminar 6. Liquidation of serfdom

1. The emancipation of the serfs.

2. The difference between the liquidation of serfdom in Ukraine and Russia.

3. The attitude of the peasants to the reform

4. Other reforms.

5. The significance of the reforms.

6. The similarities and differences between the reforms introduced by the Australian and Russian Empires in 1848 and in 1861.

7. The policy of the tsarist government towards Ukraine. Petr Valuev Ukaz. The Ems Ukaz.

8. Hromady and their role in the development of the movement for the liberation of Ukraine. M.Dragomarov.

Vocabulary

to expend		поширювати
areas under crops		посівні площі
to invade/invaders		завойовувати
to break into		вторгатись
to fight loyally		боротись віддано
the overthrow of autocratic rule		повалення самодержавства
to abolish		скасувати
council		рада
death penalty		смертна кара
trade route		торговий шлях
revolt, uprising		повстання

Tasks for individual work

1. What was the Crimean War of 1854 for Ukraine.

2. What are the factors that influenced the abolition of serfdom.

3. What was the attitude of Landlords towards the land reform?

4. What was peasant’s attitude towards the reform.

Compulsory literature:

1. Orest Subtelny History of Ukraine. – New York 1990p. 256-258

2. www.infoukes.com

3. www.ozemail.com

4. www.uahistory.com

5. www.brama.com

Seminar 7. Ukraine in the period of the Ukrainian state revival

(1917-1920)

1. Ukraine in 1917. The creation of the Central Rada.

2. October revolt in Kiev and the proclamation of UNR.

3. The 1^st Congress of Soviets in Kiev and Kharkiv. The split of Ukraine.

4. The Best-Litovsk Treaty. The occupation of Ukraine.

5. The revolution on the 29^th of April. Hetman Skoropadsky. S.Petlura.

6. The dramatic denouement. The lessons of history.

Vocabulary

emancipation of the		звільнення кріпаків, розкріпачення
serf		кріпак
serfdom		кріпацтво
abolition		скасування
drawbacks		недоліки
to be in decline		бути в занепаді
to fall behind		відставати
a wave of unrest		хвиля невдоволення
feudalism		феодалізм
bourgeois society		буржуазне суспільство