Seminar 6. Liquidation of serfdom

1. The emancipation of the serfs.
2. The difference between the liquidation of serfdom in Ukraine and Russia.
3. The attitude of the peasants to the reform
4. Other reforms.
5. The significance of the reforms.
6. The similarities and differences between the reforms introduced by the Australian and Russian Empires in 1848 and in 1861.
7. The policy of the tsarist government towards Ukraine. Petr Valuev Ukaz. The Ems Ukaz.
8. Hromady and their role in the development of the movement for the liberation of Ukraine. M.Dragomarov.

Vocabulary

to expend
areas under crops
to invade/invaders
to break into
to fight loyally
the overthrow of autocratic rule
to abolish
council
death penalty
trade route
revolt, uprising

Tasks for individual work

1. What was the Crimean War of 1854 for Ukraine.

2. What are the factors that influenced the abolition of serfdom.

3. What was the attitude of Landlords towards the land reform?

4. What was peasant’s attitude towards the reform.

Compulsory literature:

1. Orest Subtelny History of Ukraine. – New York 1990p. 256-258

2. www.infoukes.com

3. www.ozemail.com

4. www.uahistory.com

5. www.brama.com

Seminar 7. Ukraine in the period of the Ukrainian state revival

(1917-1920)

1. Ukraine in 1917. The creation of the Central Rada.
2. October revolt in Kiev and the proclamation of UNR.
3. The 1^st Congress of Soviets in Kiev and Kharkiv. The split of Ukraine.
4. The Best-Litovsk Treaty. The occupation of Ukraine.
5. The revolution on the 29^th of April. Hetman Skoropadsky. S.Petlura.
6. The dramatic denouement. The lessons of history.

Vocabulary

emancipation of the
serf
serfdom
abolition
drawbacks
to be in decline
to fall behind
a wave of unrest
feudalism
bourgeois society

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