Ukraine, the land and its people : an introduction to its geography

Rudnytskyi Stepan 1877-

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UKRAINE
LAND AND ITS PEOPLETHE
AN INTRODUCTIONTO ITSGEOGRAPHY
BY
STEPHEN Ph. D.RUDNITSKY,
PRIVATDOZENT OF GEOGRAPHY THEAT
UNIVERSITY OF LEMBERG
n
NEW YORK CITY
1918'VP^ ft\ RAND MCNAULY CO,
IEW YORKPublisher's Preface
The first of this which is fromappearance book,
the of the famouspen Stephen Rudnitsky, geog-
of the of was in therapher University Lemberg,
inRussian Ukraine. The book was Ukrain-printed
at and the date under theian, Kieff, publisher's
translation into awas 1910. The firstimprint
Thiswas into German. trans-foreign language
in withlation at Vienna 1915, manyappeared
and additions.improvements
translation which in thisThe English appears
is an translation of the Germanvolume authorized
edition above-mentioned.
reader is to noteThe respectfully requested
that the few references to Russia areunpleasant
of course meant to to the Russia of theapply
theas the book was written CzaristCzars, during
regime.
Ukrainian Alliance
of AmericaNew York City
1918CONTENTS
Book I. Physical Geography
PAGE
Ukraine as a Unit 3Geographic
Location and Size 12
The Black Sea and its Coasts 15
General of the of UkraineSurvey Topography
The Ukrainian Mountain 23Country
The Plateau 37
The Ukrainian Plain 53Country
Streams and Rivers of Ukraine 63
The Ukrainian Climate 85
Flora and Fauna of Ukraine 99
Book II. Anthropogeography
of Ukraine.Ethnographic-Boundaries
Number and Distribution of the Ukrainians. . 118Geographical
The Ukrainian Nation as an UnitAnthropogeographical
General 148Survey
Characteristics of the Ukrainians 159Anthropological
The Ukrainian 167Language
Historico-Political Traditions and of theAspirations
Ukrainians 176
Ukrainian Culture 190
Relations between the Soil and the of Ukraine 211Peopleof Ukraine 246Economic-Geographical Survey
and 246Hunting Fishing
251Forestry
255Agriculture
Fruit and 267Vegetable Raising
Cattle 271Raising
Mineral Production 275
282Industry ,
Trade and Commerce 292
of 307Districts and Settlements Ukraine
341Bibliography
346Index
Maps:
General Chart of UkrainePhysical of EasternEthnographic Map Europe
of UkraineGeological Map
General Climatic of UkraineMap
of Ukraineof the FloraMap
of UkraineStructural-Morphological MapBook I.
PHYSICALGEOGRAPHY