This paper seeks to discover what it means to be Ukrainian. The concept of the Ukrainian national identity has developed and changed many times over throughout the history of this land. This is especially true in the years following the Russian Revolution in 1917. However this paper will begin with an in-depth look at the meaning of a national identity. It will then look at several influential people who helped to shape this idea over approximately the last three hundred years. Finally, this paper
Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a celebrated Ukrainian Soviet sniper in the World War II. She is the most famous of the snipers and is credited with 300+ confirmed kills. She is often known as the most successful female military sniper of all time. Pavlichenko was born on 12th July in 1916 in Bila Tserkva (former Ukrainian Soviet Nation). While at the age of 14 years in 1930, Pavlichenko moved with her family to Kyiv. She started working at the Kiev Arsenal Factory as a grinder.While working at the ammunition
cost of Ukraine losing its identity. To understand the mindset of Western Ukrainians, one must first understand the history. In 1654, Ukraine was at war with Poland, Russia, and Tatar (what is known today as Turkey). The leader at the time, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, signed the Treaty of Pereyaslav with Russia, signed the treaty with only good intentions, to gain the support of a strong ally, however, his intentions were not met. The Russian leaders at the time had a very different idea of the meaning of