- •Program of the "history of ukraine" course.
- •Introduction. The origins of the Ukrainian people
- •Theme 1. Kievskaya Rus, its elevation. Loss of state’s political unity
- •Theme 2. Ukrainian lands as the part of foreign countries (XIV-XVI century). Cossacks and its place in the socio-economic and political relations in Ukraine.
- •Theme 3. National Liberation War of the Ukrainian nation led by Bogdan Khmelnitsky. Formation of the Ukrainian state in the Ukrainian national revolution of the XVII century.
- •Theme 4. Ukraine in the second half of the XVII century. "Ruina": its socio-political nature and consequences.
- •Theme 5. Hetmanate as the part of the Russian Empire. Final disposition of Ukrainian statehood in XVII-XVIII centuries.
- •Theme 6. Capitalist evolution of Ukraine within the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires, its features in the XIX century.
- •Theme 7. Ukraine in the early XX century. Ukrainian national-democratic revolution (1917 – 1920).
- •Theme 8. Development of Ukraine in the establishment of a totalitarian regime (1920-1939).
- •Theme 9. Ukraine during World War II (1939-1945).
- •Theme 10. The position of Ukraine in the postwar period (1945 - 1953).
- •Theme 11. Socio-economic development of Ukraine in a "Vidlyga" and the exacerbation of the crisis of the Soviet system (1954-1985).
- •Theme 12. Revival of Ukraine's independence. Socio-political and economic development of Ukraine in Independence period.
- •Practice Theme 1. Kievskaya Rus, its elevation. Loss of political unity of Kievskaya Rus state.
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- •The main stages of the Kievskaya Rus state development:
- •Theme 2. Socio-political processes in Ukraine and its socio-economic situation in the second half of XIV - the first half of the XVII century.
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- •Theme 3. National Liberation War of Ukrainian people in
- •XVII century led by Bogdan Khmelnytsky. Ukrainian Cossack state and its characteristics
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- •Theme 4. The socio-political situation in Ukraine in the XVIII century. Final disposition of Ukrainian statehood
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- •Theme 5. Features of Ukrainian lands capitalist development in the XIX century.
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- •Theme 6. Ukrainian National Democratic Revolution (1917-1920).
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- •Theme 7. Ukraine in the 20 - 30 years of the XX century.
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- •Theme 8. Ukraine during World War II (1939-1945).
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- •Theme 9. Socio-economic development of Ukraine in the postwar years (1946-1953)
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- •Theme 10. Socio-economic development of Ukraine in a "Vidlyga" period and the exacerbation of the crisis of the Soviet system (1954-1985).
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- •Theme 11. Revival of Ukraine's independence. Socio-political and economic development of Ukraine in late XX - early XXI century.
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- •Questions to the rating control work.
Theme 8. Ukraine during World War II (1939-1945).
1. Scientific concept of the history of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).
2. Ukrainian issue on the eve of the Second World War. Registration of a new political and legal status of Western Ukraine.
3. Germany's attack on the Soviet Union. The struggle of the Ukrainian people against Nazi invaders.
4. Ukraine's liberation from Nazi occupation. Socio-economic, military and geopolitical consequences of the Second World War.
Guidelines
Studying the first question, note that the Versailles system became the basis for postwar peace settlement, on the contrary, it laid the conditions for the revival of aggression. On the eve of World War II divisions of Ukrainian lands, their stay in the USSR, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Romania, has become a significant destabilizing factor in world politics. Nazi Germany sought reallocation of Europe in favor of the "Third Reich".
Before the Second World War clearly defined three groups of countries interested in solving the "Ukrainian question". The first group - the USSR, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia - a country comprised of Ukrainian lands. Their main goal - to keep already subject to land and join the new. The second group - Britain, France and part of the United States - his intervention in resolving the Ukrainian question, or vice versa diplomatic neutrality meet their geopolitical interests. The third group - Germany, which fought for the new territories, claimed the Ukrainian lands and Hungary, dissatisfied with the terms of the Treaty of Trianon in 1920 sought the return of Transcarpathian Ukraine. The drama of the situation was that the multimillion Ukrainian people themselves could not solve the "Ukrainian question". Everything depended on the balance of interests of different, especially large states and the balance of forces that could protect these interests.
The initiator of decisive action in dealing for their own benefit "Ukrainian question" on the eve of World War II was Germany.
On June 22, 1941 Nazi Germany attacked without a declaration of war on the Soviet Union. In the process of conquering the territory of Ukraine Nazis set hard, so-called "new order", which included the destruction of part of the population and the ruthless exploitation of those who have remained alive. The primary measures in this direction was to eliminate any signs of Ukrainian statehood, especially the territorial integrity of the republic.
Antifascist Resistance Movement in Ukraine, which was formed under these circumstances, was uneven. There existed two currents: the Soviet underground and partisan movement, whose goal was to restore the pre-war status and the USSR for independence, fought both fascism and Bolshevism under the slogan of an independent Ukrainian state. By the end of 1942, Ukraine deployed an extensive network of Soviet partisan and underground movement. The objects of action and partisan groups were underground railways, military garrisons, communications, subversion and sabotage in the workplace. To increase the effectiveness of partisan groups in areas of concentration created large partisan connections that conducted raids on Nazi rear, destroying communications, destroying the enemy. The most militant partisan activity found and connections in Sumy (S.Kovpak, S.Rudnev), Chernihiv (A.Fedorov), Zhytomyr (A.Saburov).
A special place in the history of World War II belongs to Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, which was the most influential political force in Western lands. After failing to June 30, 1941 to proclaim the restoration of an independent Ukrainian state and the wave of repression OUN went underground. Formation of western partisan movement began in mid-1942 after a wave of mass defections from the ranks of the Ukrainian police in the spring of 1943 military forces have increased significantly and was originally called the Ukrainska Povstanska Army, headed by R.Shukhevych.
Victory at Stalingrad in February 1943, the defeat of German forces in the Battle of Kursk in August 1943, created the necessary prerequisites for the Red Army on all fronts.
As a result of the Carpathian-Uzhgorod operation ended liberation from Nazi occupation in Ukraine in its pre-war borders. On October 28, 1944 ended with the release of Transcarpathian Ukraine. Last event created the conditions for reunification of Ukrainian lands. At the end of November 1944, Ukraine had been completely liberated from Nazi occupiers. May 8, 1945 Germany surrendered and September 2 - Japan. This meant that World War II effectively ended.
Ukraine during World War II suffered more damage than any other European country. Retreating from Ukraine, the Nazis, as the Bolsheviks in 1941, resorted to tactics of "scorched earth" destroyed by them all, that could be used by the enemy. As a result, industrial production in Ukraine in 1945 was 25% of the prewar level.
The most important issue that was resolved during the war, was the inclusion of Western Ukraine into the USSR. Combining the first time in many centuries in one state most Ukrainian ethnic territories was a significant event.
The consequences of the war for Ukraine has been terrible. The most tragic and painful loss of life were. During World War II, died 8 million (19.1% of the population), including military losses totaled 2.5 million, and the civilian population - 5.5 million people. In general, given the deportees, evacuees, immigrants, population losses Ukraine reach 14.5 million people.