Ukraine

April 03, 2022

There is a reference to Ukraine in "History of Russia" edited by Haruki Wada.

Haruki Wada "History of Russia" (Yamakawa Shuppansha)
With the invasion of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, Vladimir and Moscow also fought for hegemony while submitting to Mongolia. In the process of division, the linguistic unity of the East Slavs was lost, and they were divided into three: the Great Russians in the center of Moscow, the Little Russians (Ukraine) in the center of Kyiv, and the Belarus (Berorsia) in the west.
Then, in the seventeenth century, Ukraine, which was under the control of Poland and Lithuania, was merged.
The country name Russia was officially born in the early 18th century during the time of Peter the Great, when the establishment of the Russian Empire was declared. The Russian Empire at that time consisted of Ukraine, Europe and Russia including the Baltic region, and Siberia.

After the civil war finally ended in a victory on the part of Soviet power, in 1922, representatives of the four Soviet Republics, Russia, Perorsia, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union, all led by the Russian Communist Party, gathered to form the Soviet Socialist Republic. Formed a coalition (Soviet Union).

Eventually, West Ukraine was annexed in 1939, and in 1940, the annexation of the Baltic States and the occupation of Romanian Bessarabia (Moldova) made it a coalition of fifteen republics.

Moreover, Russians live everywhere in the former Soviet Union, accounting for 30% of the population of Kazakhstan and 20% of the population of Ukraine.

Russia, a multi-ethnic country, has many Slavs such as Great Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.

According to Hiroshi Matsubara, Ukraine was a more advanced region than Moscow in the 17th century.

In Japan, I think Korea was more advanced until the 4th century. Letters and Buddhism were introduced from Korea to Japan. I think there is a possibility of royal system and rice cultivation.

I think this invasion of Ukraine is similar to the role of Bunroku and Keicho, and the annexation of Japan and South Korea, but Ukraine seems to be a little complicated because it was a Polish territory.

Hiroshi Matsubara "Moscow-Russian Tradition and Its Collapse"

Wakio Fujimoto and Hiroshi Matsubara, "Modern History of Russia-From Peter the Great to the Present" (Minerva Shobo)

Western culture also flowed into Moscow as a result of Russia's territorial expansion, namely from Ukraine, where Russia annexed in the late 17th century, especially from its center Kyiv. Ukraine has historically been a more advanced region than the northern part centered on Moscow.

Meanwhile, in the 14th century, western Ukraine became the territory of Poland and Lithuania, and in the middle of the 16th century, the two countries joined Lublin to become Polish territory.

They cultivated Ukrainian national consciousness by building autonomy against the King of Poland, building a fortress in the middle of the Dniep ​​River in the middle of the 16th century, rebuilding Kyiv and protecting the culture. Ukraine with such a history includes Poland in the west, Moscow / Russia in the north, political relations with the Crimea sweat country in the south, Catholic Polish landlords and orthodox farmers, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, etc. It was a world where the languages ​​and customs of Ukraine overlapped. In addition to Ukraine, Cossacks are located between Moscow, the Crimean Tatars, and the Turkish forces, such as the Don River and Yaek River basin, and boast "freedom of Cossacks". there were.

In 1648, the Ukrainian Cossacks began a war of independence from Poland under the command of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, and in 54, they signed a Pereiaslav Agreement with the emerging nations Moscow and Russia, and in exchange for maintaining the autonomy of the Cossacks. Recognized the sovereignty of the religion and tried to find a way out.

However, after that, Poland and Moscow-Russia fought over Ukraine, and in 67, they signed the Truce of Andrusovo to divide Ukraine. Freedom was restricted.

While the Ukrainian ruling elite, who took in Western culture via Poland and grew up in the intellectual atmosphere of Kyiv, was assimilated into Moscow, its ideas undermined the traditional political culture of Moscow, the concept of politics and administration. Including the influence of Western Europe.

The Nikon church reform, which coincided with the annexation of Ukraine, and the later Pyotr reform were carried out with the participation of many from Kyiv Theological Seminary, which was the highest educational and research institute through Ukraine and Russia at that time.

1240 The Mongol Empire destroys the Grand Duchy of Rus.

1241 Battle of Legnica

1274 The role of Bun'ei

1281 The role of Koan

1569 Union of Lublin

1592 The role of Bunroku

1597 The role of Keicho

1648 Khmelnytsky Ran

1654 Pereyaslav Treaty

1667 Truce of Andrusovo

1721-1725 Peter the Great

1910 Japanese annexation of Korea

1922 The Soviet Union is established.

1939 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic annexes West Ukraine.