Università Roma Tre

UKRAINE: A COMPLEX HISTORY
The course will present a reconstruction of Ukraine's history in modern and contemporary times. The historical routes of the different territories that formed independent Ukraine will be traced from the early modern period. The Ukrainian question in the Russian Empire and the formation of the Ukrainian national movement will be explored. Focus will be on Ukraine in the Soviet period: the events of the revolution and civil war, the creation of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Holodomor, World War II and the Shoah, the post-war redefinition of borders, perestroika and Ukraine. Eventually, the events of independent Ukraine after 1991 will be analysed in their key stages. During the course, special attention will be paid to the linguistic, cultural and religious dynamics as an important element of Ukraine's plural and complex character.

1. Yaroslav Hrytsak, Storia dell’Ucraina. Dal Medioevo a oggi, il Mulino, Milano 2023
2. Simona Merlo, La costruzione dell'Ucraina contemporanea. Una storia complessa, il Mulino, Bologna 2023 (in uscita a marzo 2023)
3. Adriano Roccucci (a cura di), Ucraina. Il profilo complesso di una storia plurale, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli 2025 (in uscita a maggio 2025)
4. Andreas Kappeler, Fratelli diversi. Russi e Ucraini. Dal Medioevo ai giorni nostri, Utet Università, Milano 2023