Ancient History

Chronology of the Hetmanate: 1552-1795

Reification of National Consciousness: 1795-1917

Independence: 1917-1921

Chronology of Soviet Ukraine: 1921-1991

Chronology: Post-Soviet Independence

1991-1994: Early Instability Under Leonid Kravchuk

1994-2000: Heyday of Leonid Kuchma

2000-2005: Kuchma as Pariah

2005-2010: The Yushchenko Presidency

2010-2014: The Yanukovych Presidency

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‘Reply of the Zaporizhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire’ by Ilya Repin (1880-1891)