From the fifteenth century on, Crimean Tatars raided Ukraine for slaves, and Zaporozhian kozaks were the only defense against them. |
Which is pretty much the way to evaluate the current lay of the land in Ukraine. |
A failure to follow through on their unspoken promise might well pitch Ukraine backwards into the past from which it is emerging. |
Profits in Spain and Poland were reduced by price cuts, and sales also slipped in Belgium and Ukraine. |
The late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries were periods of recolonization in Ukraine, particularly in the provinces of Kiev and Bratslav. |
According to Iliev, Pazhin, who plays in Ukraine, has a torn ankle tendon, while Zagorich has a lacerated calf muscle. |