Shevchenko’s Vision of Ukraine: Territorial Aspect
Journal: Ethnic History of European Nations
Year: 2020

The article examines on which territory the term «Ukraine» spread in the Taras Shevchenko’s vision. In the Middle Ages there was confusion in the use of the names «Little Russia», «Ukraine», «Rus’» to designate the historical and geographical lands of Ukrainian people. The term «Ukraine» during centuries evolved in the semantic and geographic aspects. T. Shevchenko in separate his poems distinguishes the concept «Ukraine» and its regions (for example, «Volyn’» is mentioned separately). However,