УСЕ ПРО КНИЖКУ TRAVELBOOK. INDEPENDENT Аbout the book When was Ukraine born? Some would say in 1991, when Ukraine declared
independence, and some discovered it in 2014, during the Revolution of Dignity,
but in 2022, no one in the world has not heard of Ukraine's resistance. But our
country's history began much earlier - more than a thousand years ago. In the 9th century, the Kyivan state was one of the most powerful countries in
Eastern Europe. Kings from France to Sweden wanted to be related to their
princes and kings. Rus-Ukraine rulers had already founded Kyiv, became
Christian, and built St. Sophia's Cathedral, while Moscow was still coming out
of the swamp. And no matter how hard you look, the first mention of Moscow is dated only in
1172, while Kyiv was founded in 482. Nevertheless, the Russian Empire wanted some glory of its own, so it tried to
'steal the great Kyivan state. Peter the Great, Catherine II, Stalin, and Putin
have invented thousands of myths about Kyivan Rus as the first Russian state,
and started to see Russians to be the heirs of Rus' culture. Forgetting that
Moscow was founded by Yuri Dolgorukiy. who happened to be the son of Volodymyr
Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kyiv. The historian Mykhailo Hrushevskyi once said, "We are the people whose name was
stolen". And in the 31st year of its independence, Ukraine's future under threat
to be stolen as well. Nevertheless, Ukrainians made their choice a long time ago
and have been forced to prove it with blood, defending each square metre of our
land. We invite you on an amazing journey through our years of independence. its
galaxies of talent, and the hard and winding path that made us unique and made
us the heroes of the free world.
