Контрольная работа: Ukraine. The long road to independence

5) The Tatar-Mongols captured Kyiv in 1240.

6) In 1648 – 1654 Cossack armies, headed by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky waged wars to liberate Ukraine.

7) Kyivo-Mohylyanska Academy founded by the Metropolitan Petro Mohyla in the 17th century.

8) Mykhaylo Hrushevsky was the 1st President of Ukraine.

9) The word «cossack» means a «free warrior».

10) Cossacks live in the southern steppes of Russia and in Ukraine, particularly near the great rivers Don and Dnipro.

11) Ataman was the leader of Cossacks. They followed and obeyed him so long as he remained a strong leader and led them to victory. He might not be able to read or write, but he must be a good fighter.

12) The Cossacks were brilliant horsemen as the Tartars were, and they learned many tricks of riding from their enemies.

13) Now, the Cossack regiments have been formed again, but they are no longer the free warrior of earlier times.

14) The war of independence took place in 1648 – 1654.

15) Bohdan Khmelnytsky appealed to Russia with the request to admit Ukraine as a part of Russia.

16) Russian embassy headed by boyarin Buturlin.

17) Political and judical status, of Ukraine was determined by the terms of the treaty — so called March articles.

6. List of Books

1. Andrushchenko V.L., Fedosov V.M. “Zaporozhian Sich as Ukrainian phenomenon”. – Kyiv, 1995.

2. Veruga V. “Essays from history of Ukraine (VIII – IX)”. – Lviv, 1996.

3. Grushevsky M. “History of Ukraine”. – Kyiv, 1998.

4. Doroshenko D. “History of Ukraine in persons (IX - XVIII)”. – Kyiv, 1993.

5. Golobutsky V. “Zaporozhian the cossacks”. – Kyiv, 1994.