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History of Ukraine for the NMT

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  1. In Ukrainian history, which Neolithic archaeological culture, famous for its elaborate painted ceramic pottery and large proto-cities, flourished on Ukrainian territory between 5500 and 2750 BCE?
  2. In Ukrainian history, which nomadic Iranian-speaking people dominated the southern Ukrainian steppes from the 7th to 3rd century BCE, renowned for the Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mohyla?
  3. In Ukrainian history, which prince of Kyiv unified Novgorod and Kyiv in 882, proclaiming Kyiv as 'the mother of Rus cities'?
  4. In Ukrainian history, which ruler of Kyivan Rus conducted the first recorded fiscal and administrative reforms by establishing tribute stations (uroky and pogosts) following Prince Ihor's death?
  5. In Ukrainian history, which warrior prince of Kyiv crushed the Khazar Khaganate in 965 and launched major military campaigns into the Danube region of Bulgaria?
  6. In Ukrainian history, under which grand prince did Kyivan Rus formally adopt Eastern Orthodox Christianity as its state religion in 988?
  7. In Ukrainian history, which grand prince of Kyiv oversaw the codification of 'Ruska Pravda', the first written legal code of Kyivan Rus, and built Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv?
  8. In Ukrainian history, what famous moral and political treatise did Prince Volodymyr Monomakh write for his sons circa 1117 urging princely unity and civic duty?
  9. In Ukrainian history, in which year was Kyiv captured and largely destroyed by the Mongol armies led by Batu Khan?
  10. In Ukrainian history, which ruler of the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia accepted a royal crown from Pope Innocent IV in Dorohychyn in 1253, becoming the first King of Rus?
  11. In Ukrainian history, which dynastic union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland took place in 1385, leading to the marriage of Jogaila and Jadwiga?
  12. In Ukrainian history, which landmark treaty in 1569 merged Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, transferring Ukrainian lands to the Polish Crown?
  13. In Ukrainian history, which church union concluded in 1569 established the Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Uniate) Church, acknowledging papal supremacy while retaining Byzantine liturgy?
  14. In Ukrainian history, who founded the first fortified Cossack fortress (Sich) on the island of Mala Khortytsia on the lower Dnipro River around 1556?
  15. In Ukrainian history, which famous Cossack hetman led Cossack naval raids across the Black Sea and provided decisive support to Polish forces at the Battle of Khotyn in 1621?
  16. In Ukrainian history, which prominent metropolitan of Kyiv from 1632 reformed the Orthodox Church and founded the Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium (later Academy)?
  17. In Ukrainian history, in which year did the great National Liberation War led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky begin with victories at Zhovti Vody and Korsun?
  18. In Ukrainian history, which treaty signed between Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Polish King John II Casimir in 1649 recognized an autonomous Cossack Hetmanate across Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Bratslav?
  19. In Ukrainian history, what agreement concluded in January 1654 established a military alliance between Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and the Tsardom of Muscovy?
  20. In Ukrainian history, which Cossack hetman defeated Russian tsarist armies at the Battle of Konotop in 1659 and concluded the Treaty of Hadiach to create a Commonwealth of Three Nations?
  21. In Ukrainian history, what historical period following Bohdan Khmelnytsky's death was characterized by internal civil strife, partition along the Dnipro, and foreign invasions?
  22. In Ukrainian history, which hetman ruled the Left-Bank Cossack Hetmanate from 1687 to 1709, allied with King Charles XII of Sweden, and fought at the Battle of Poltava in 1709?
  23. In Ukrainian history, what historic constitutional document drafted by Hetman Pylyp Orlyk in exile in Bendery in 1710 limited hetman authority and instituted a Cossack parliament?
  24. In Ukrainian history, in which year did Russian Empress Catherine II order the permanent military destruction of the Zaporozhian Sich?
  25. In Ukrainian history, who was the last hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate before Catherine II abolished the office in 1764?
  26. In Ukrainian history, which underground patriotic political organization was founded in Kyiv in 1845–1846 by Mykola Kostomarov, Panteleimon Kulish, and Taras Shevchenko?
  27. In Ukrainian history, which secret tsarist circular issued in 1863 prohibited the printing of religious, educational, and scholarly books in the Ukrainian language?
  28. In Ukrainian history, which imperial decree signed by Tsar Alexander II in 1876 banned the importation of Ukrainian books, stage performances, and song lyrics?
  29. In Ukrainian history, what cultural society was founded in Lviv in 1868 to promote literacy, publish books, and establish reading rooms across Galicia?
  30. In Ukrainian history, what scholarly institution founded in Lviv in 1873 was transformed under Mykhailo Hrushevsky into an unofficial Ukrainian Academy of Sciences?
  31. In Ukrainian history, who was elected head of the Ukrainian Central Rada (Tsentralna Rada) upon its founding in Kyiv in March 1917?
  32. In Ukrainian history, which Universal of the Central Rada, promulgated on 22 January 1918 (9 January OS), proclaimed the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR) as an independent sovereign state?
  33. In Ukrainian history, what tragic military battle occurred on 29 January 1918 where roughly 400 Ukrainian students and cadets heroically delayed Bolshevik forces advancing on Kyiv?
  34. In Ukrainian history, who led the conservative Ukrainian State (Ukrayinska Derzhava) as Hetman from April to December 1918?
  35. In Ukrainian history, what historic act was signed on 22 January 1919 in Kyiv, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR) and the Western Ukrainian People's Republic (ZUNR)?
  36. In Ukrainian history, who served as Supreme Otaman of the UNR Army and Chairman of the Directory from 1919 during the Ukrainian War of Independence?
  37. In Ukrainian history, what Soviet cultural policy of the 1920s promoted the Ukrainian language in schools, government offices, and press before being ruthlessly purged?
  38. In Ukrainian history, what man-made famine-genocide engineered by Stalin's totalitarian regime starved millions of Ukrainian peasants in 1932–1933?
  39. In Ukrainian history, what collective name describes the generation of Ukrainian writers, poets, and artists of the 1920s and 1930s who were executed or imprisoned during the Stalinist Great Terror?
  40. In Ukrainian history, which political and military organization was founded in Vienna in 1929 under the leadership of Colonel Yevhen Konovalets?
  41. In Ukrainian history, which short-lived autonomous republic was proclaimed in Transcarpathia on 15 March 1939 with Avhustyn Voloshyn as its president?
  42. In Ukrainian history, who was the supreme commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) from 1943 until his death in battle near Lviv in 1950?
  43. In Ukrainian history, what tragic forced deportation of an entire indigenous population from Crimea was perpetrated by the Soviet regime on 18–20 May 1944?
  44. In Ukrainian history, in which year was the Crimean Peninsula transferred from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR within the Soviet Union?
  45. In Ukrainian history, which human rights monitoring body was founded in Kyiv in November 1976 by Mykola Rudenko, Levko Lukyanenko, and Petro Grigorenko?
  46. In Ukrainian history, on what date did the catastrophic nuclear reactor explosion occur at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant?
  47. In Ukrainian history, on what date did the Verkhovna Rada adopt the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine?
  48. In Ukrainian history, what student hunger strike in central Kyiv in October 1990 forced the resignation of the Soviet Ukrainian Prime Minister Vitaliy Masol?
  49. In Ukrainian history, on what historic date did the Verkhovna Rada pass the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine?
  50. In Ukrainian history, what percentage of voters supported independence in the historic national referendum held on 1 December 1991?
  51. In Ukrainian history, on what date was the Constitution of independent Ukraine adopted by the Verkhovna Rada after an all-night parliamentary session?
  52. In Ukrainian history, what national mass protests in late 2004 overturned a fraudulent presidential runoff and brought Viktor Yushchenko to the presidency?
  53. In Ukrainian history, what popular uprising in late 2013 and early 2014 ousted the corrupt Yanukovych regime following its refusal to sign the European Union Association Agreement?

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