Subject guides: Slavic & Eastern European Studies: Ukrainian Studies

Key Journals

East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies
Publication Date: 2014 - present
ISSN 2292-7956
Journal of Ukrainian Studies
Publication Date: 1980 - 2012
ISSN: 0228-1635
Harvard Ukrainian Studies
Publication Date: 1977 - present
ISSN: 0363-5570
Дзвін
Publication Date: 1990 - present
Dzvin
ISSN: 0868-4790
Березиль
Publication Date: 1991 - present
Berezilʹ
ISSN: 0130-1608
Слово і час
Publication Date: 1990 - present
Slovo i chas
ISSN: 0236-1477
Курьєр Кривбасу
Publication Date: 1994 - present
Kurʹi︠e︡r Kryvbasu

Ukrainian Newspapers Australia

Вільна думка = Vil'na dumka = Free thought (Sydney, NSW)
Publication Date: 1949 - present
In Ukrainian.
Church and Life: Ukrainian Weekly (Melbourne, VIC)
Publication Date: 1967 - present
T︠S︡erkva i z︠h︡ytti︠a︡
Text in Ukrainian and English.

Ласкаво просимо!

The library guide for Ukrainian Studies collects a selection of resources available in the library and online. Monash University Library is home to the leading collection of materials in Australia pertaining to Ukrainian Studies both in Ukrainian and English.

Online Resources

American bibliography of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies (EBSCOhost)
ABSEEES database provides information on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Some of the many subjects covered include: anthropology, culture & the arts, economics, education, and geography. Sources indexed include journals, books, dissertations, online resources and selected government publications published in the U.S. and Canada. Coverage for ABSEEES ranges from 1989-present.
Central and Eastern European online library
Online database which provides access to full text articles from humanities and social sciences journals, electronic books and re-digitised documents pertaining to Central, South-Eastern, Baltic and Eastern European topics. Most of the content comes from material published in Central and Eastern Europe and is thus in the original language (titles, abstracts and some keywords are translated into English).

East View Databases
East View is a leading provider of native and translated foreign language information products and services, including Russian, Chinese, and Arabic databases, print periodicals, books and microforms.
Included are databases such as the Russian Central Newspapers, Ukrainian Publications, several digital archives and ephemera collections for recent elections.

Ukrainian publications (UDB-UKR)
This database imcludes content from Ukraine's leading periodicals, covering a broad range of political, economic, and cultural affairs, some with archives from 1997. Titles and back issues are added on a regular basis. Publications are in Russian, Ukrainian, and English. Topics include Ukraine's progress along the reform path, the view and positions of various political forces, changes in legislation, ethnic relations, and organizational trends in development of the armed forces.
Ukraine parliamentary election, 2012
Includes ephemera and primary source material documenting the Ukrainian Rada elections of October 28, 2012. It contains over 12,000 pages of unique print materials collected by East View researchers in Kiev, Kharkov, Simferopol, Crimea and elsewhere throughout Ukraine.
History of modern Russian and Ukrainian art
The collection documents the history of modern Russian and Ukrainian art. It encompasses critical literature, illustrated books, and art periodicals ... These historical sources of pre- and post-revolutionary art reflect the diversity of artistic thought in the first thirty years of the 20th century, the intense discussions about the nature of the new art, its form, and its aims. The collection consists of 215 titles that were published in two parts on microfiche.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a comprehensive library of important scholarly literature, built by over 1,700 worldwide participants, including major Australian universities. It includes thousands of academic journals, books, and primary sources from a wide range of academic publishers and university presses. Titles span across disciplines, including core areas such as business & economics, social sciences, education, history, language & literature and science. Current journals are linked and cross-searchable with archival journals and ebooks.
MLA international bibliography (EBSCOhost)
Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. International in scope, it includes citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations. The database also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus, a proprietary, searchable collection of thousands of subject terms, and personal names used in indexing the bibliography.
Arts & humanities citation index (A&HCI) via Web of Science
Arts & Humanities Citation Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers 1800+ of the world's leading arts and humanities journals across 28 arts & humanities disciplines. It also indexes individually selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals. Coverage is from 1975 to the present.

Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Comprehensive source of information in English on Ukraine, its history, people, geography, society, economy, and cultural heritage. At present, the IEU team is working on phase 1 of the project: the creation of an Internet database containing the revised and updated contents of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Ukraine (University of Toronto Press, 1984-93).
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Founded in June 1973, the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) serves as a focal point for graduate and undergraduate students, fellows, and associates pursuing research in Ukrainian language, literature, and history as well as in anthropology, archaeology, art history, economics, political science, sociology, theology, and other disciplines.
MAPA - Digital Atlas of Ukraine
The Mapa: Digital Atlas of Ukraine program is undertaken by the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute together with partners in Ukraine. One of the projects focuses on the history of the Holodomor ("death-by-starvation") – the Great Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33.
Ukraine Conflict Collection
This collection seeks to document conflict in Ukraine as it progresses. Contributions to this collection were made by the Archive-It team and subject matter experts from Stanford University, Global Investigative News Network, and Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute in the fields of Investigative Journalism, Russian, and Eurasian studies. Content includes news outlets, social media, blogs, and government websites. Sites are in English, Ukrainian, Russian, and other languages.
UA Zone : The Ukrainian Information Project
UA Zone is a public, volunteer driven project following the several goals. First of all it is aimed to provide the reliable information about Ukraine; promote Ukraine, Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian business in the world. The second goal of this project is to provide some useful information about Ukraine to Ukrainians themselves, to help Ukrainians communicate to each other.
Державна служба статистики України
State Statistics Service of Ukraine

Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського
National Library of Ukraine
Державна архівна служба України
State Archival Service of Ukraine
ELibUkr-OA - мультидисциплінарний відкритий електронний архів
Open Access Electronic Library of Ukraine, a multidisciplinary open electronic archive. Interface also available in English. The ELibUkr-OA provides access to a large number of academic repositories and national collections. Includes declassified materials Archive of Security service of Ukraine (SSU).
Наукова бібліотека Національного університету "Києво-Могилянська академія"
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Libraries, available in Ukrainian and English. Provides open access to eKMAIR (contains research works of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy professors and faculty members).

In the Library

Encyclopedia of Ukraine by Danylo Husar Struk
ISBN: 0802039936
Publication Date: 1984 - 2001
Енциклопедії Сучасної України
Publication Date: 2001 - present
Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine

Beginner's Ukrainian by Yuri Shevchuk
ISBN: 9780781813242
Publication Date: 2013
Ukrainian Through Its Living Culture: Advanced Level Language Textbook by Alla Nedashkivska
ISBN: 9780888645784
Publication Date: 2012
Let's speak Ukrainian by H. I. Makarova
ISBN: 9789668347917
Publication Date: 2010
Colloquial Ukrainian : the complete course for beginners by Ian Press & Stefan Pugh
ISBN: 9780415448451
Publication Date: 2003
Ukrainian for undergraduates by Danylo Husar Struk
ISBN: 189557126X
Publication Date: 1998

Ukraïnsʹka literaturna ent︠s︡yklopedii︠a︡ by I. A Dzeverin
ISBN: 588500014X
Publication Date: 1988
Історія української літератури у дванадцяти томах
Call Number: 891.7909 D678.I 2014
ISBN: 9789660012998
Publication Date: 2014
Istorii︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkoï literatury u dvanadt︠s︡i︠a︡ty tomakh
Антологія української готичної прози by I︠U︡riĭ Vynnychuk
ISBN: 9789660369436
Publication Date: 2014
Antolohii︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkoï hotychnoï prozy
available in the library
30 доказів існування Бога (і 29 заперечень) by Serhiĭ Z︠H︡adan
ISBN: 9789662449433
Publication Date: 2014
30 dokaziv isnuvanni︠a︡ Boha (i 29 zaperechenʹ) : vybrane 1993-2013
available in the library

Ukraine : birth of a modern nation by Serhy Yekelchyk
ISBN: 9780195305463
Publication Date: 2007
Culture and Customs of Ukraine by Adriana Helbig; Oksana Buranbaeva; Vanja Mladineo
ISBN: 9780313343636
Publication Date: 2009
Contemporary Ukraine on the Cultural Map of Europe by Larissa M. L. Zaleska Onyshkevych (Editor); Maria G. Rewakowicz
ISBN: 9780765624000
Publication Date: 2009
After the Holodomor by Andrea Graziosi (Editor)
ISBN: 9781932650105
Publication Date: 2014
Taste of Ukraine: Rustic Cuisine from the heart of Ukraine by Svitlana Yakovenko
ISBN: 9780987594310
Publication Date: 2013

Ukrainian Otherlands by Natalia Khanenko-Friesen
ISBN: 9780299303433
Publication Date: 2015

Contemporary Ukraine Research Forum: The Case of Euro-Maidan
The Contemporary Ukraine Research Forum aims to provide an international research forum where academics and students share, discuss, explore, reflect upon, develop, and transform understandings about the EuroMaidan in Ukraine.
Words for war : new poems from Ukraine by Oksana Maksymchuk editor.; Max Rosochinsky 1986- editor.; Ilya Kaminsky 1977- writer of introduction.; Polina Barskova author of afterword
Call Number: online resources
ISBN: 9781618116673
Publication Date: 2017
Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society by Julie Fedor (Editor); Samuel Greene (Editor); Andre Härtel (Editor); Andrey Makarychev (Editor); Andreas Umland (Editor)
ISBN: 9783838268866
Publication Date: 2016-08-16
This special issue focuses on protest movements operating outside of the mainstream in patriarchal and authoritarian societies. Themes covered include the place of feminist and gender equality movements in democratically restricted environments, intersections between feminism and nationalism, the possibilities of right-wing feminism and pop feminism, the role of gender in high politics, and the relationship between nationality and sexuality in the context of protest movements. The journal features contributions by scholars, human rights and gender equality activists, and journalists, and facilitates wide-ranging discussion of recent and ongoing protest movements in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
#Euromaidan : history in the making by Кадигроб, Володимир & Гусєв, Гліб
ISBN: 9789665003557
Publication Date: 2014
Єлюди : теплі історії з Майдану by Бердинських, Крістіна
ISBN: 9662665404
Publication Date: 2014
I︠E︡li︠u︡dy : tepli istoriï z Maĭdanu
Євромайдан. Хроніка в новелах
ISBN: 9786177236060
Publication Date: 2014
I︠E︡vromaĭdan : khronika v novelakh
Ukraine's Euromaidan : analyses of a civil revolution by David R. Marples (Editor); Frederick V. Mills (Editor)
ISBN: 9783838267005
Publication Date: 2015
Дневник Майдана by Andreĭ I︠U︡rʹevich Kurkov
ISBN: 9789660371316
Publication Date: 2015

News & Current Affairs

Kyiv Post
News and current affairs in English
«День» українською
News and current affairs in Ukrainian, Russian, and English
Українська правда
News and current affairs in Ukrainian
BBC World Service
News and current affairs in Ukrainian
SBS Українська мова
SBS Ukrainian news, contains radio podcast and video on demand in Ukrainian.
Euromaidan Press
Euromaidan Press is an online newspaper that focuses on news and events from the Ukraine and translates these into English.