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Mykhailo Hrushevsky - Ukraine's First Historian-President

Wandering the Edge by Larysa Zariczniak

May 15, 202500:36:35History

Why is Mykhailo Hrushevsky so venerated among Ukrainian historians? And why are his histories so important to Ukrainian historiography? And how this seemingly quiet man become the president of Ukraine in 1918? And how di...

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