First Steps on Ukraine's History

[Ivan11]

Hello, i was wondering if anyone can help me on this one. I'm trying to know a little bit more about Ukraine's History, and i was looking for recomendations of books , or web pages which could be helpful on this task. I've to say that i really don't know a lot about it, so i 'm a begginer on this, and it would be better that the information is presented either on spanish language or english, since i don't have a clue on other languages so far

[Spak]

Hi Ivan11,

Ukrainian history has been written about by so many self-interested parties. There must be 1000 completely different "true" histories to choose from. If you are looking for books in English, then the best ones I have found are written by Mykhailo Hrushevsky, "History of Ukraine - Rus." There are a number of volumes to this series. Hrushevsky was a >>Ukrainian<< historian and his books reflect that. Of course he has his critics (mostly non Ukrainian, ) but that's to be expected.

Also, if you are new to this board. Don't give too much credence to those on this board (and there are many) whose end goal seems to be to discredit many of the wonderful moments of Ukrainian history. Some of these guys are obvious - some not.

Anyway, happy reading.

Best Regards,

John Spak