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464 pages, Hardcover
Published May 1, 2017
The Ukrainian language was for the first time recorded in Ruskaia Pravda, a collection of laws, and especially in household inscriptions and the charters of princes (the 10th until the 12th centuries). [...] In contrast, the Russian language was formed in the 12th to the 14th centuries [...]. p. 139, 141
Ukrainian was first recorded in print in 1490, soon after book printing was invented. In the first half of the 17th century hundreds of books were printed in Ukraine, while Muscovy had just a handful. p. 303
"The first humanoid creatures emerged in East Africa some 2.5 million years ago. About 1.2 million years ago, humanlike beings came to Europe via the Balkans. The oldest discovered settlement of hominid creatures in Central and Eastern Europe is located in Ukraine (p. 9)."