A 1.000 Years Struggle for An Autonomous National Identity.
This section is part of the Broad Horizon Timeline.
It does not aim to explain everything — but to anchor the present in a sequence.
A war like this doesn’t begin with missiles. It begins with memory.
From the founding of Kievan Rus to the collapse of the USSR, from famines and treaties to quiet betrayals and unspoken fears — this timeline traces the long arc of imperial rise, collapse, resistance, and reassertion. It is not a neutral list. It is a set of moments, loaded with meaning, contested in interpretation, and crucial to understanding why the war in Ukraine — and the shape of Europe itself — takes the form it does.
Some events stand alone. Others echo through current articles. Together, they form the underlay to this journal — the story beneath the stories.
This is not the past.
This is what the present stands on.
Timeline
We want to show you the full timeline of events. It is a lot of work to publish all the separate Events first. So not to disturbe publishing timeline too much, we decided to add the printed version here first.
This is not just a history.
It is a fault line.
Each event left its mark — not only on borders, but on memory, dignity, and belonging.
What Ukraine faces now is not new.
It is the unfinished consequence of what was never truly resolved.