Timeline of Ukrainian History
Journal: transcript Verlag eBooks
Year: 2023

Construction of the Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Kyiv, which, still stands today. 1240:A Mongol army captures Kyiv, bringing most of present-day Ukraine under the control of the Golden Horde, a segment of the vast Mongol Empire. 1476:Ivan III of Muscovy declares independence from the Golden Horde and lays claims to a portion of present-day Ukraine. 1569:Lithuania and Poland officially complete their political merger, forming the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1648:Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky laun