[Contents] [Contents] UKRAINE THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE AN INTRODUCTION TO ITS GEOGRAPHY BY STEPHEN RUDNITSKY, Ph. D. PRIVATDOZENT OF GEOGRAPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEMBERG NEW YORK CITY 1918 [Contents] RAND MCNALLY & CO. NEW YORK [III] [Contents] Publisher’s Preface The first appearance of this book, which is from the pen of Stephen Rudnitsky, the famous geographer of the University of Lemberg, was in the Russian Ukraine. The book was printed in Ukrainian, at Kieff, and the date under the publisher’s imprint was 1910. The first translation into a foreign language was into German. This translation appeared at Vienna in 1915, with many improvements and additions. The English translation which appears in this volume is an authorized translation of the German edition above-mentioned. The reader is respectfully requested to note that the few unpleasant references to Russia are of course meant to apply to the Russia of the Czars, as the book was written during the Czarist régime. Ukrainian Alliance of America New York City 1918 [V] [Contents] CONTENTS PAGE Book I. Physical Geography Ukraine as a Geographic Unit 3 Location and Size 12 The Black Sea and its Coasts 15 General Survey of the Topography of Ukraine The Ukrainian Mountain Country 23 The Ukrainian Plateau Country 37 The Ukrainian Plain Country 53 Streams and Rivers of Ukraine 63 The Ukrainian Climate 85 Flora and Fauna of Ukraine 99 Book II. Anthropogeography Ethnographic-Boundaries of Ukraine. Number and Geographical Distribution of the Ukrainians 118 The Ukrainian Nation as an Anthropogeographical Unit General Survey 148 Anthropological Characteristics of the Ukrainians 159 The Ukrainian Language 167 Historico-Political Traditions and Aspirations of the Ukrainians 176 Ukrainian Culture 190 Relations between the Soil and the People of Ukraine [VI] 211 Economic-Geographical Survey of Ukraine 246 Hunting and Fishing 246 Forestry 251 Agriculture 255 Fruit and Vegetable Raising 267 Cattle Raising 271 Mineral Production 275 Industry 282 Trade and Commerce 292 Districts and Settlements of Ukraine 307 Bibliography 341 Index 346 Maps: General Physical Chart of Ukraine General Ethnographic Map of Eastern Europe Geological Map of Ukraine General Climatic Map of Ukraine Map of the Flora of Ukraine Structural-Morphological Map of Ukraine [1] Book I. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY [3] [Contents] Ukraine as a Geographic Unit