The earliest known usage of the name Ukraine appears in the Hypatian Codex of c. 1425 under the year 1187 in reference to a part of the territory of Kievan Rus'. The use of "the Ukraine" has been offi
Excerpt from Peresopnytsia Gospel (Matthew 19:1) (1556) where the word ukrainy corresponds to 'coasts' (KJV Bible) or 'region' (NIV Bible)
Plaque on the wall of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Ukraine. In Slovak: na Ukrajine ("at Ukraine"); in Ukrainian: v Ukrayini ("in Ukraine").
Ukrania quae et Terra Cosaccorum cum vicinis Walachiae, Moldoviae, Johann Baptiste Homann
Title page of Beauplan's Description of Ukraine (1660)
Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus', was the first East Slavic state and, later, an amalgam of principalities, in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. Encompassing a variety of
Name of Ukraine
…Slavic: Ѹкраина/Ꙋкраина, romanized: Ukraina ) appears in the Hypatian Codex of c. 1425 under the year 1187 in reference to a part of the territory of Kievan Rus'. The use of "the Ukraine" has been officially rejected by the Ukrainian government and many English-language media publications. Ukraine is the official…
The Invitation of the Varangians by Viktor Vasnetsov: Rurik and his brothers Sineus and Truvor arrive at the lands of the Ilmen Slavs.
East-Slavic tribes and peoples, 8th–9th centuries
Rus' under the walls of Constantinople (860), the Radziwiłł Chronicle
Princess Olga's avenge to the Drevlians, Radziwiłł Chronicle