Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Preface 1

Introduction: History and Politics S

One. TheEarlyHistory 13

Two. The Roman Empire 35

Three. The Slavs and the Roman Empire 56

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Five. The Rise of the Kyiv State 92

Six. Civilization Comes to Rus 109

Seven. The Papal Crusades 128

Eight. Internal Conflict and Foreign Invasion 150

Nine. The Coming of the Mongols 166

Ten. The Rise of the Cossacks 183

Eleven. The Zaporozhian Brotherhood and the First CossackWars 199

Twelve. Rising Up Against Oppression 227

Thirteen. The Ukrainian Revolution 257

Fourteen. The Revolution Continues 277

Fifteen. Alliance with the Tsar and the Death OfKhmelnitsky 293

Sixteen. TheCossacksDefeated 313

Seventeen. The End of Cossack Freedom 340

Epilogue: The Birth of the Ukrainian State 367

ChapterNotes 373

Bibliography 387

Index 395