Before you go to Ukraine: eras, customs, phrases and what is still there

Eras in a line

Kyivan Rus' (880–1240)
The kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (1240–1349)
Under Lithuania and Poland (1349–1648)
The Cossacks and the Hetmanate (1648–1775)
Between two empires (1775–1917)
The Ukrainian Revolution (1917–1921)
Soviet Ukraine (1921–1991)
Independent Ukraine (1991–)