Doctor of Historical Sciences, currently an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Borys Cherkas answers Tyzhden’s questions about the continuity of Ukrainian history, the significance of the steppe for Ukraine, and the main features of the Ukrainian space.
Why did Sviatoslav consider the steppe the center of his domains? How could his military strategy and way of thinking have influenced the further history of Rus’?
We separately discuss the succession of this space — from the princes of Rus’ and Baida Vyshnevetsky to the Cossacks, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Mazepa, the liberation movements of the 20th century, and modern Ukraine.
And the main question of the conversation: why is today’s war for the Ukrainian steppe a struggle for historical memory and understanding of one’s own space?
Photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
