Тимоти Снайдер: Как появилась современная Украина. Лекция 9. Корона Польская и восстание казаков

This new lecture is devoted to Poland and the emergence of Ukraine as a political entity. Timothy Snyder continues to explore the idea that the history of a people cannot be understood by studying the history of that people alone: ​​that nations are shaped by external forces, other peoples, and their political cultures. Snyder traces the origins of Ukrainian statehood to the Union of Lublin and the reactions to it in modern-day Ukraine. Why did different political cultures emerge in Poland and Moscow in the 16th century? How did the "virtuous circle" that began with the election of monarchs lead to the emergence of legal rights? How did the development of the rights of the Polish gentry lead to the colonization and enslavement of the Ukrainian peasantry? And why did the weakening of the Crimean Khanate lead to an alliance between the Cossacks and Moscow? (And by the way: how did Prussia, from a small principality dependent on Poland, become modern Germany, and why can the uprising of Bohdan Khmelnytsky be called a civil war?) CONTENTS: 00:00 Nations do not arise in isolation 03:07 Poland - a window to (Western) Europe 07:30 Poland is essential for understanding Ukraine 08:40 The strengthening of the nobility 14:43 The rights of the nobility in Poland 19:27 Polish foreign policy: the Habsburgs 22:21 Poland and Prussia 23:55 Poland and Lithuania 27:30 Poland and Moscow 29:40 Sigismund II and the Livonian War 34:09 The Union of Lublin: the origins of Ukraine and Belarus 35:28 Polish colonization of Ukraine 42:38 The Polish connection: rights and bondage 44:18 Cossacks and the alliance with Moscow * * You can get a reminder about newly posted lectures via Twitter:   / rudubs_snyder   * * Around the time I started recording my translations, two more channels started translating this course:    / @clpsclip   ​   / @babylon-academy   I couldn't contact them, and the first one seems to have died down, while the second one, on the contrary, is posting lectures faster than I can. So if you're eager to listen to the next lecture, you can do so there. * * "The Making of Modern Ukraine" is a course on the history of Ukraine from Kyivan Rus' to President Zelenskyy, taught by Timothy Snyder at Yale University in September-November 2022. Original recordings in English:    • Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine