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(Encyclopedia) RutheniaRutheniar&oomacr;thēˈnēə [key], Latinized form of the word Russia. The term was applied to Ukraine in the Middle Ages when the princes of Halych briefly assumed the title…Carpathian Ukraine
(Encyclopedia) Carpathian Ukraine: see Transcarpathian Region, Ukraine.Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy
(Encyclopedia) Pereyaslav-KhmelnytskyyPereyaslav-Khmelnytskyypĕrˈĕyəsläfˈ-khmĭlnyĭtˈskē [key], town, in Ukraine, on the Trubezh River. It was known in 907 and served as the fortified capital of the…Kuchma, Leonid Danylovych
(Encyclopedia) Kuchma, Leonid DanylovychKuchma, Leonid Danylovychlĭŭnyētˈ dənyēˈləvĭch k&oobreve;chˈmä [key], 1938–, Ukrainian politician, president of Ukraine (1994–2005). Formerly the manager…Zelenskiy, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych
(Encyclopedia) Zelenskiy, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych, 1978–, Ukrainian political leader and entertainer, president of Ukraine (…Cherkasy
(Encyclopedia) CherkasyCherkasychĭrkäˈsē [key], city (1989 pop. 290,000), capital of Cherkasy region, in central Ukraine, a port on the Dnieper River. Situated on the shore of the Kremenchuk…Poroshenko, Petro Oleksiyovych
(Encyclopedia) Poroshenko, Petro OleksiyovychPoroshenko, Petro Oleksiyovychpĕtrôˈ ôlĕksēˈyôvĭch pôrôshĕnˈkô [key], 1965–, Ukrainian political leader and businessman. He studied economics at Kiev…Mazepa, Ivan
(Encyclopedia) Mazepa, IvanMazepa, Ivanēvänˈ məzyāˈpə [key], c.1640–1709, Cossack hetman [leader] in the Russian Ukraine. He was made hetman (1687) on the insistence of Prince Gallitzin, adviser to…Donets Basin
(Encyclopedia) Donets BasinDonets Basindənyĕtsˈ [key], abbreviated as DonbasDonbasdənbäsˈ [key], industrial region (c.10,000 sq mi/25,900 sq km), E Ukraine and SW European Russia, N of the Sea of…Dashava
(Encyclopedia) DashavaDashavadəshäˈvə [key], a natural gas producing region of Ukraine, mainly in Lviv region, in the Carpathian foothills. It is linked by pipeline to many centers of Belarus,…Trending
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