TY - BOOK AU - Basilevsky,Alexander TI - Early Ukraine: a military and social history to the mid-19th century SN - 9781476620220 AV - DK508 .E275 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers KW - Cossacks KW - Ukraine KW - History KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction: History and politics --; The early history --; The Roman Empire --; The Slavs and the Roman Empire --; Rus, the early beginnings --; The rise of the Kyiv state --; Civilization comes to Rus --; The Papal Crusades --; Internal conflict and foreign invasion --; The coming of the Mongols --; The rise of the Cossacks --; The Zaporozhian Brotherhood and the first Cossack wars --; Rising up against oppression --; The Ukrainian Revolution --; The revolution continues --; Alliance with the Tsar and the death of Khmelnitsky --; The Cossacks defeated --; The end of Cossack freedom --; Epilogue: The birth of the Ukrainian state; 2; b N2 - "Drawing on English, Ukrainian and French sources, this book chronicles the military and social origins of Ukraine and describes the differences between Ukraine and its neighbors. The author refutes the claim that Ukraine and Russia were once united in a common political system"-- UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1216859&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -