The spread of the name "Ukraine" in the official discourse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as one of the consequences of the Union of Lublin of 1569
To the 450th anniversary of the Union of Lublin
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15407/uhj2019.04.004Keywords:
Ukraine, Polish Crown, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sigismund III Vasa, official documentation.Abstract
Abstract. The purpose of the research is to study the complex process of the origin and evolution of the use of the name “Ukraine” in the official discourse of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth after the signing of the Union of Lublin in 1569 till the 1630’s. The research methodology is based on the principles of the history of concepts, which implies the use of both general scientific and special research methods. The use of the name “Ukraine” was shown according to the analysis of the structure and vocabulary of government documents, and the results were synthesized by the synthesis method. The special historical methods, among them problem-chronological, synchronous and diachronic, were used in research. The scientific novelty: on the basis of a wide range of texts of official documentation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the author reveals the use of the name “Ukraine” in various historical and linguistic constructions by its governmental officials and the polish nobility. Conclusions. The author resumes that the name “Ukraine” began to be used by the polish king and his nobles (uriadnyky) in political rhetoric and practice from the decisions of the Lublin Sejm. Primarily it used for the definition of the border territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which lost them to the Polish Crown in 1569. In addition, on the one hand the name “Ukraine” was used to mark the historical and ethnographic region where the “Ruthenian people” lived, and on the other hand – to oust the name “Rus” from the official broadcasting of that time as a generalized term regarding this territory. In the royal office and the decrees of the Commonwealth Sejm the word “Ukraine” in some cases outlined the territory of the Kyiv and Bratslav voivodeships of the Polish Crown, in others – not only the Kyiv, Bratslav, but also the Rus, Volyn and Podillia voivodeships of the Commonwealth. This name was often used by the hetmans of the Zaporozhian Army, which were subordinated to royal governments. It is concluded that during the last third of the 16th – 1630s the word “Ukraine” gradually became the official political name.
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