The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of

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Development

The work was created under the auspices of the

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in Europe ( Sarcelles, near Paris). As the ''Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies'' it conditionally consists of two parts, the first being a general part that consists of a three volume reference work divided in to subjects or themes. The second part is a 10 volume encyclopedia with entries arranged alphabetically. The editor-in-chief of Volumes I and II (published in 1984 and 1988 respectively) was

Volodymyr Kubijovyč Volodymyr Kubijovyč, also spelled Kubiiovych or Kubiyovych ( uk, Володи́мир Миха́йлович Кубійо́вич, translit=Volodymyr Mykhailovych Kubiiovych; 23 September 1900, Nowy Sącz, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria – 2 ...

. The concluding three volumes, with Danylo Husar Struk as editor-in-chief, appeared in 1993. The encyclopedia set came with a 30-page ''Map & Gazetteer of Ukraine'' compiled by Kubijovyč and Arkadii Zhukovsky. It contained a detailed fold-out map (scale 1:2,000,000). A final volume, ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Index and Errata'', containing only the index and a list of errata to volumes 1–5, was published by the in 2001. It was compiled by Andrij Makuch and Irene Popowycz. The 1955 dictionary part was reprinted in

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(1993–2003).

English translations

A two-volume version of the general part of the encyclopedia was published as '' Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia'' in 1963 and 1970. Subsequently, a larger project based on the dictionary part was launched as the ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine''. In 1984–93 the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the

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Faculty of Arts, with the help of the Canadian Foundation of Ukrainian Studies and the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Europe, prepared an English-language version of the encyclopedia,Canadian Foundation of Ukrainian Studies
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. It consists of five volumes, almost 4,000 pages and some 12,500 alphabetical entries. It was described in the ''

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'' as "the most comprehensive and balanced work in the English language on Ukraine and Ukrainians in the diaspora" and a "monumental publication".About Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine

Reprint in Ukraine

Shortly after Ukraine became independent in 1991, the newly revived

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, under the direction of , reprinted the dictionary part of Kubijovyč's Ukrainian-language ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' for the first time ''in'' Ukraine, in eleven volumes released from 1993 to 2003. In an essay in volume one, Romaniv wrote that the ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' demonstrates an exemplar of Ukrainian bias and preconception in relation to Russia, which was very typical for the works of the

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during the period when Ukraine was part of the USSR. FBjC3XiWQAgfwLr

''Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine''

The ''Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' is a free English-language online encyclopedia with a wide range of articles about Ukraine, including its history, people, geography, economy and culture. Upon completion, the ''IEU'' will be the most authoritative and comprehensive Internet-based resource in English on Ukraine and Ukrainians. As of June 2020 it contained some 6,000 entries and 5,000 illustrations. As of 2022, the encyclopedia team consisted of Dr. Marko R. Stech, Roman Senkus, Tania Plawuszczak-Stech, Dr. Serhiy Bilenky, Dr. Larysa Bilous, and a team of subject editors. The website was designed by Jaroslaw Kiebalo; Walter Kiebalo acted as consulting designer.About Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Retrieved 26 December 2022.

Reception

The Encyclopedia received generally positive reviews from Western academic reviewers. Myroslav Shkandrij reviewed the Encyclopedia for the '' Journal of Ukrainian Studies'' in 1993, observing that the project "appears to have won the admiration, indeed the enthusiastic endorsement, of almost all reviewers".

References

External links

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