History of the Ukrainians: From Kyivan Rus to Today DOCUMENTARY

🎥 Watch more than 190+ other exclusive videos on youtube:    / @kingsandgenerals   or patreon:   / kingsandgenerals  . Support us on Paypal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/kings... as well! Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of medieval era continues with a series on the origins of Ukrainians and Ukrainian History. We will cover the identity of Ukraine as a nation starting forming with the Kyivan Rus and the kingdom of Ruthenia, and the Mongol invasion, describe the rule of the Mongols over the lands of Ukraine and its end, how the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth took over and how these events led to the Rise of the Cossacks and the Bogdan Khmelnytsky's rebellion. Describe how Ukraine lived between the three empires - Ottoman Sultanate, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the tsardom of Muscovy (Russia), and how Russia's first invaded Ukraine, using the internal problems of the Cossack Hetmanate. We will focus on how Russia finally ended Ukrainian independence during the reign of Peter I after hetman Mazepa joined the Swedish king Charles XII in his attack on Russia, how the Ukrainians fared in the Russian empire and how the Tsarist regime engaged in the Russification and suppression of the Ukrainian culture. We will discuss the history of the Ukrainians between two world wars, how Ukraine became independent and then lost its independence and how millions of Ukrainians died in the Holodomor, and end the video with a section describing the history of Ukraine within the Soviet Union and during the independence period, from 1991 to the invasion by Russia. Origins of Ukraine:    • Medieval Origins of Ukrainians - Project U...   Rise of the Cossacks:    • Rise of the Cossacks - Origins of the Ukra...   Russian Invasion of Ukraine:    • How Ukraine Won the First Phase of the War...   Ancient Origins of Kyivan Rus:    • Ancient Origins of the Kyivan Rus: From Ru...   Crusades From the Muslim Perspective:    • Crusades From the Muslim Perspective - Med...   Early Muslim Expansion - Yarmouk, Al-Qadisiyyah:    • Early Muslim Expansion - Khalid, Yarmouk, ...   Early Muslim Expansion - Egypt and Iran:    • Early Muslim Expansion - Arab Conquest of ...   Muslim Schism:    • Muslim Schism: How Islam Split into the Su...   Third Crusade:    • Third Crusade 1189-1192: From Hattin to Ja...   Fourth Crusade:    • Rise of Bulgaria - Events leading to the S...   First Crusade:    • First Crusade: Battle of Manzikert 1071 DO...   Sultanate of Women in the Ottoman Empire:    • Sultanate of Women in the Ottoman Empire D...   How the German Empire Provoked Ottoman Jihad in WWI:    • How the German Empire Provoked Ottoman Jih...   Ottoman Battles:    • Battle of Kosovo 1389 - Serbian-Ottoman Wa...   Why the Ottomans Never Colonized America:    • Why the Ottomans Never Colonized America?   Why the Ottoman Sultans Killed their Brothers:    • Why did the Ottoman Sultans Kill their Bro...   Cem Sultan: Ottoman Prince in the Heart of Europe:    • Cem Sultan: Ottoman Prince in the Heart of...   Ottoman Pirates:    • Ottoman Pirates - Armies and Tactics DOCUM...   Turkification of Anatolia:    • Turkification of Anatolia - Nomads DOCUMEN...   Hashashins:    • Hashashins: Origins of the Order of Assassins   Christian Schism:    • Great Schism: The Bitter Rivalry Between G...   Mos Maiorum: What led to the fall of the Roman Republic?:    • Mos Maiorum: What led to the fall of the R...   How Rome Conquered Greece:    • How Rome Conquered Greece - Roman History ...   Caesar in Gaul:    • Caesar in Gaul - Roman History DOCUMENTARY   Support us on Patreon:   / kingsandgenerals   or Paypal: http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals or by joining the youtube membership:    / @kingsandgenerals   The script was written by Leo Stone and Turgut Gambar, while the video was made by Yağız Bozan and Murat Can Yağbasan and was narrated by Officially Devin (   / @offydgg   & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79s.... ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsand... ✔ Patreon ►   / kingsandgenerals   ✔ Podcast ► https://kingsandgenerals.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://apple.co/2QTuMNG ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitter ►   / kingsgenerals   ✔ Facebook ►   / kingsgenerals   ✔ Instagram ►  / kings_generals   Production Music courtesy of EpidemicSound 00:00 - Origins of the Ukrainians 13:00 - The Kingdom of Ruthenia 19:36 - Rise of the Cossack Hetmanate 35:55 - Life in the Cossack Hetmanate 53:23 - Fall of the Cossack Hetmanate 1:11:35 - Ukraine in the Russian Empire 1:29:48 - Ukrainian Independence in WW1 1:38:49 - Soviet Oppression - The Holodomor Genocide 1:52:00 - Ukrainian Resistance & Independence from the USSR 2:03:08 - Ukraine After Independence #Documentary #Ukraine #Russia