History of Kyiv. Imperial Kyiv - Kirkevich V. (9789660386686)

The third book of the “History of Kyiv” project is called “Imperial Kyiv” and is dedicated to the history of this city and all of Ukraine from the mid-17th century (Pereyaslav Rada) to the reign of Alexander II, when Russia actually emerged as an empire. In the figurative expression of Viktor Kirkevich, he wanted to tell the modern reader “how Kyiv became Moscow,” how it happened that Ukraine lost its blood-won statehood and how the Hetmanate gradually turned into the outskirts of the Russian Empire. But even then, Kyiv did not lose its cultural identity and remained the most attractive and revered spiritual center of the empire.

This book tells about Peter I and Mazepa, about Kirill Razumovsky - the last hetman of Ukraine and about other remarkable people who lived during this period and glorified Kyiv.