Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia of Ukraine is an English language, free, online encyclopedia covering wide range of issues
on Ukraine
, including its history, people, geography, economy, culture etc.
The resource is created and run by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta
and the Shevchenko Scientific Society (Sarcelles, France
). (1984–93) and published by the University of Toronto Press.
The Encyclopedia has the online and printed variants. Its published edition consists of five volumes, almost 4,000 pages and some 12,500 alphabetical entries.
It was called as "the most comprehensive and balanced work in the English language on Ukraine and Ukrainians in the diaspora" and a "monumental publication" by the Canadian Journal of History.
Volodymyr Kubiyovych
was the editor-in-chief of Volumes I and II (published in 1984 and 1988 respectively). The concluding three volumes with Danylo Husar Struk as editor-in-chief, appeared in 1993.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine is an ambitious and costly undertaking whose goal is to produce and maintain the best and most authoritative electronic source of information in English about Ukraine.
The current Encyclopedia team consists of Roman Senkus, Managing Editor, Dr. Marko R. Stech, Project Manager, Andrij Makuch, Senior Manuscript Editor, Mark Andryczyk, Editorial Assistant, and a team of subject editors. This site was designed by Jaroslaw Kiebalo; Walter Kiebalo acted as consulting designer. Maps were scanned and edited by Bohdan Skrobach and Jaroslaw Kiebalo.
on Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, including its history, people, geography, economy, culture etc.
The resource is created and run by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
and the Shevchenko Scientific Society (Sarcelles, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
). (1984–93) and published by the University of Toronto Press.
The Encyclopedia has the online and printed variants. Its published edition consists of five volumes, almost 4,000 pages and some 12,500 alphabetical entries.
It was called as "the most comprehensive and balanced work in the English language on Ukraine and Ukrainians in the diaspora" and a "monumental publication" by the Canadian Journal of History.
Volodymyr Kubiyovych
Volodymyr Kubiyovych
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Kubiyovych, also spelled Kubiiovych or Kubijovyč , Austria-Hungary - 2 November 1985, Paris, France) was a Ukrainian geographer with a specialty in demography, a cartographer, an encyclopedist, politician, and statesman...
was the editor-in-chief of Volumes I and II (published in 1984 and 1988 respectively). The concluding three volumes with Danylo Husar Struk as editor-in-chief, appeared in 1993.
The Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
The Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine is a work in progress. Many new entries need to be added, and many of the existing entries need to be expanded and updated in order to reflect the many changes that have occurred and continue to occur in Ukraine and the rest of eastern Europe and in order to incorporate previously inaccessible information. The editorial staff and subject editors will be collecting and processing information systematically from a variety of sources and providing it to the international public in the form of a reliable, constantly revised and updated Internet publication.The Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine is an ambitious and costly undertaking whose goal is to produce and maintain the best and most authoritative electronic source of information in English about Ukraine.
The current Encyclopedia team consists of Roman Senkus, Managing Editor, Dr. Marko R. Stech, Project Manager, Andrij Makuch, Senior Manuscript Editor, Mark Andryczyk, Editorial Assistant, and a team of subject editors. This site was designed by Jaroslaw Kiebalo; Walter Kiebalo acted as consulting designer. Maps were scanned and edited by Bohdan Skrobach and Jaroslaw Kiebalo.
See also
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine
- Ukrainian Soviet EncyclopediaUkrainian Soviet EncyclopediaUkrainian Soviet Encyclopedia - was a multi purpose Encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR.Following the publication of the first volume of the Ukrainian General Encyclopedia in Lviv, Ukraine the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia was commissioned by Mykola Skrypnyk...
- List of online encyclopedias