Ucrainica at Harvard
The Ukrainian Research Institute's 25th-Anniversary Exhibition at Houghton Library, Harvard University
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12. O. M. Bodians'kyi, ed. (1808-1877)
Moscow, 1846.
Istoriia rusov ili Maloi Rossii
(History of the Rus' People, or Little Russia)
Of unknown authorship, Istoriia rusov greatly influenced the development of Ukrainian historiography in the 19th century. The text posits that each nation has a natural, moral and historical right to an independent political development free of foreign domination.
Coolidge Fund, April 1938. Courtesy of Widener Library.