An Introduction to Ukrainian Studies:
Selected Readings for Novices
History of Ukraine
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Olexandr Palii: A History of Ukraine: A Short Course. Ababahalamaha, 2021.
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Ukraine in Histories and Stories. Essays by Ukrainian Intellectuals. URL: https://ukraineworld.org/articles/books/essays-intellectuals
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Serhii Plokhy. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. Penguin, 2016.
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Timothy Snyder. Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin. Basic
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Ann Applbaum. Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine. Doubleday, 2017.
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Marci Shore. The Ukrainian Night. An Intimate History of Revolution. Yale University Press, 2018.
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Laada Bilniuk. Contested Tongues: Language Politics and Cultural Corrections in Ukraine. Cornell University Press, 2006.
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UkraÑ—ner. Country from the Inside. VSL, 2019.
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Palko O. Making Ukraine Soviet: Literature and Cultural Politics under Lenin and Stalin. Bloomsburry Academic, 2020.
Serhii Plokhy. The Russo-Ukrainian War. The Return of History. Norton&C0, 2023.
​Contemporary Ukrainian Literature
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Serhiy Zhadan. Sky Above Kharkiv: Dispatches from the Ukrainian Front.
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Serhiy Zhadan. What we live for, what we die for: Selected poems.
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Wards for War: New Poems from Ukraine (Ed. by O. Maksymchul & M.Rosochinsky). https://www.wordsforwar.com
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Oksana Zabuzhko. Museum of Abandoned Secrets.
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Andrey Kurkov. Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches from Kyiv.
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Oleg Sentsov. Live went on Anyway.
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Maria Matios. Sweet Darusya: A Tale of Two Villages.
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Yuri Andrukhovych. Perverzion.
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Taras Prokhasko, Unsimple.
The White Chalk of Days: the Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series Ontology.
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Classical Ukrainian Literature
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Taras Shevchenko. Kobzar.
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Lesya Ukrainka. The Forest Song. + Poetry.
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Ivan Kotliarevsky. Eneida.
Hryhorii Skovoroda. Fables and Aphorisms.
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Ivan Bahryanyi. Tiger Trappers.
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Ivan Franko. Stories.
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Mykhailo Kotsiubynski. Shadow of the Forgotten Ancestors.
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Mykola Khvylovy. I (Romance).
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Vasyl Stefanyl. The Stone Cross.
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Valerian Pidmihylny. The City.
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About: Dmytro Cyzhevsky. A History of Ukrainian Literature from 11th till 19th century.
Internet Sources
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Diasporiana.org – e-library for Ukrainian books
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https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/ - Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine.
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Ukraineworld.org – multimedia project from and about Ukraine (interview, news, podcasts, chronicles etc.)
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https://ukrainer.net/ukrayiner-the-movie-en/ Ukrainer: The Movie.
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http://sites.utoronto.ca/elul/ Electoric Library of Ukrainian Literature
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Timothy Snyder. The Making of Modern Ukraine. YaleCourses (Lectures). https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNewfxO7LhBoz_1Mx1MaO6sw_