Ukrainian, ukrayins'ka mova; Russian: ukrainskiy yazyk) is an East Slavic language, one of three members of this language group, the other two being Russian and Belarusian. Written Ukrainian bears resemblances to these two languages, but with several notable differences. Historically, Belarusian and Ukrainian diverged from Old Russian language when the political boundaries in Russia were redrawn in the fourteenth century. Spoken Ukrainian shares vocabulary with Polish; the Ukraine        
( Western Russia) was part of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.

UKRAINIAN
839 Mention of Rus' in the Bertynsky chronicles associated with the mission to Ludwig I of the Frankish kingdom. MAP: Eastern Europe, 250-800
840 Magyars and khazars attacking Kyiv.
853 Askold becomes Kyiv's Prince.
877 Novgorod's Prince Oleh annexes Kyiv, kills Askold and brings the capital of Rus' from Novgorod to Kyiv.
890 Pechenegs advancing to Black Sea steppe. Ugrians (Hungarians) move to Danube.
907-911 Prince Oleh travels to Byzantine's capital Constantinopol (Ukrainian "Czarhorod") with a big army and demands an annuity to Kyiv.
945 Prince Ihor signs a treaty with Byzantine Empire - ready to accept Orthodox Christianity.
957 Princess Olha (Ihor's wife) becomes a ruler of Kyiv.
960-972 Svyatoslav (Olha's son) becomes a Prince of Kyiv. He confrontates with Khazars, then attacks Bulgaria and fights with Byzantine Empire. At the time Svjatoslav is in the offensive on Bulgaria, Khazars attack Kyiv. He returns but gets killed in a skirmish with Pechenegs.

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Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.