List of polities and states in Ukrainian histography edit
| common and formal names | period of existance | symbol | anthem | map | status | capital | languages | ethnic groups | religion | type | estimated population | liquidated by | succeeded by | historical era |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rus' Khaganate | ca. 830 - 860s | ? | ? | old east slavs, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion | monarchy | ? | Kievan Rus' | early middle ages | |||||
| Kievan Rus | 882-1240 |  |
З нами Бог (orthodox battle hymn, 12th-13th century) |  |
Kyev | old east slavs, baltic tribes, finnic tribes, Jews, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | monarchy | Mongol invasion and internal struggles | multiple principalities | ||||
| Principality of Kyev | 1132–1471 |  |
old east slavs, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | ||||||||||
| Principality of Chernigov | 988–1402 |  |
old east slavs, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | ||||||||||
| Principality of Pereyaslavl | 988–1239/1323 | .png) |
old east slavs, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | ||||||||||
| Principality of Peremyshl | 1085–1141 |  |
old east slavs, Lechites, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | ||||||||||
| Principality of Terebovlia | 1084–1141 |  |
old east slavs, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | ||||||||||
| Principality of Zvenyhorod | XI-1141 |  |
old east slavs, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | ||||||||||
| Principality of Volhynia | 987–1199/1452 |  |
old east slavs, Lechites, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | ||||||||||
| Principality of Halych | 1124–1199 |  |
old east slavs, Lechites, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | ||||||||||
| Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia / Kingdom of Ruthenia / Kingdom of Rus' | 1199–1349 |  |
old east slavs, Lechites, Rus' people | Slavic Native Faith, Old Norse religion, Orthodox Christianity (Metropolis of Kyev and all Rus') | monarchy | |||||||||
| Crimean Khanate | 1441–1783 | .svg) |
|
Elective monarchy | • Annexation by the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Zaporozhian Sich | 1552–1775 |  |
войська запорозького воїн знаменитий (poem) | Zaporozhian Cossacks, Ruthenians | Orthodox Christianity | cossack republic | early modern period | |||||||
| Cossack Hetmanate | 1649–1764 |  |
войська запорозького воїн знаменитий (poem) | Vassal of the Ottoman Empire (1655–1657)
Protectorate of the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire(1669–1685) Concurrent with the Kiev Governorate (1708–1764) |
Zaporozhian Cossacks, Ruthenians | Orthodox Christianity | cossack host | |||||||
| Danubian Sich | 1778–1828 |  |
їхав козак за дунай (folk song) | Zaporozhian Cossacks, Ruthenians,
Moldovans |
Orthodox Christianity | stratocracy | early modern period | |||||||
| Black Sea Cossack host | 1787-1860 |  |
Black Sea Cossacks (former Zaporozhians), Ukrainians, Russians, Caucasians | Orthodox Christianity | Cossack host | |||||||||
| Ukrainian People's Republic | 1917–1918 |  |
Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля (state anthem) | Autonomy within the Russian Republic (1917–1918)
Partially-recognized state (1918–1921) Government-in-exile (1921–1992) |
Ukrainians, Jews, Poles, Russians, Hutsuls, Carpatho-Rusyns | Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism | people's republic | russian civil war | ||||||
| Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets | 1917-1918 |  |
Ukrainians, Jews, Russians | soviet republic | liquidated, because of a cessation of support from the government of the Russian SFSR when the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed.
Merged with Odessa Soviet Republic into Ukrainian Soviet Republic |
russian civil war | ||||||||
| Odesa Soviet Republic | 1918 |  |
Ukrainians, Romanians, Jews, Crimean Tatars, Russians | Puppet state of Soviet Russia | russian civil war | |||||||||
| Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic | 1918 |  |
The Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic failed to achieve recognition, either internationally or by the Russian SFSR, and in accordance with the March 1918 second Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was abolished. | Ukrainians,, Russians, Jews | unrecognized, self-declared entity | The Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic was disbanded at the second All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets on 20 March 1918 when the independence of Soviet Ukraine was announced. | russian civil war | |||||||
| Ukrainian Soviet Republic | 1918 | |
Ukrainians,, Russians, Jews | soviet quasi-republic | russian civil war | |||||||||
| Hetmanate of the Ukrainian State | 1918 |  |
Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля (official anthem) | Central Powers | Ukrainians,, Russians, Jews, Germans | Orthodox Christianity, Judaism | Provisional absolute monarchy under military dictatorship | russian civil war | ||||||
| West Ukrainian People's Republic | 1918-1919 |  |
Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля (state anthem)
Вічний Революціонер (second anthem) |
Partially recognized state
(1918–1919) Disputed autonomous region of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1919) (1919–1923) |
Ukrainians,, Poles, Jews, Hutsuls, Rusyns | Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism | republic
dictatorship |
WW1 | ||||||
| Komancza Republic / Eastern Lemko Republic / Vyslik Republic | 1918–1919 | Rusyns (Lemki) | Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism | Republic | ||||||||||
| Directorate of the Ukrainian People's Republic | 1918–1921 | |
Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля (state anthem) | Ukrainians, Jews, Poles, Russians, Hutsuls, Carpatho-Rusyns | Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism | provisional collegiate revolutionary state committee | russian civil war | |||||||
| Makhnivshchina | 1918-1921 |  |
Розпрягайте Хлопці Коней (folk song, de facto anthem) | Stateless territory | Ukrainian, Russians, Jews | Anarchist republic | ||||||||
| Kholodny Yar Republic / Cold Ravine Republic | 1919-1922 | |
Ukrainians | Orthodox Christianity | partisan republic | |||||||||
| Green Wedge / Green Ukraine | 1917-1922 | |||||||||||||
| Yellow Wedge / Yellow Ukraine | colonial settlement | |||||||||||||
| Grey Wedge / Grey Ukraine | 1917-1920 | ethnic settlement | ||||||||||||
| Kuban' People's Republic / Rapsberry Wedge | 1918-1920 |  |
Ukrainians, Russians, Caucasians | Cossack Republic | ||||||||||
| Galician Soviet Socialist Republic | 1920 |  |
Ukrainians, Poles, Jews | Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism | provisional revolutionary committee | russian civil war | ||||||||
| Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | 1922-1991 | .svg) |
Ukrainians, Jews, Russians, Crimean Tatars, Armenians | Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism | Satellite state of the Russian SFSR (1919–1922)
Union Republic of the Soviet Union (1922–1991) |
WW2, Cold war | ||||||||
| Carpatho-Ukraine | 1938-1939 |  |
Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля (official anthem) | unrecognized | Ukrainians, Rusyns, Hutsuls, Slovaks, Hungarian, Jews | Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism | breakaway republic | WW2 prelude | ||||||
| Ukrainian national government | 1941 | ? | unrecognized | Ukrainians, Germans | Orthodox Christianity | collaborationist dictatorship | WW2 | |||||||
| Ukraine | 1991- |  |
Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля (state anthem) | Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, Crimean Tatars, Armenians | Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism, Islam | semi-presidential republic | post-soviet |