Histoire de l’Ukraine – Des origines aux premières années de l’indépendance

The historical and political events that have taken place in Ukraine over the past decade are part of the global processes.  After a long time during which it was occulted by the Soviet Union, Ukraine takes place on the international stage: its population and its surface area roughly equal to France, its people qualification, cultural richness, natural resources and its geographical location at the other end of Europe, make it play a decisive role in the new European landscape. To understand the last events that happen in Ukraine since March 2022, involves knowing one’s history, often tragic, but also rich in the virtues of one’s people, attached to one’s land and culture, aware that they were the cradle of the whole of Slavic civilization.