MAPA: Digital Atlas of Ukraine

The MAPA: Digital Atlas of Ukraine program, undertaken by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University and its partners, brings the latest innovations of information technology to studies of modern Ukrainian history and contemporary political geography. We conduct our own studies and encourage scholars and students within Harvard community and beyond to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for illustrating and explaining economic, historical, political, and social transformations within Ukraine using spatial and temporal analysis.

Explore MAPA: Digital Atlas of Ukraine

Discover how interactive maps and GIS technology reveal Ukraine’s historical, political, economic, and social transformations across time and space.

MAPA Modules

The Golden Age of Kyivan Rus´

This map explores the artistic and literary achievements of Kyivan Rus´ from its Christianization in 988 to the Mongol conquest of Kyiv in 1240.

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Chernobyl/Chornobyl

The Chernobyl/Chornobyl project advances our understanding of the catastrophe’s lasting consequences.

Chernobyl Chornobyl Project

Donbas and Crimea

The Russian annexation of Crimea and armed conflict over Donbas have brought these regions into the limelight.

Donbas rally

The Great Famine

This project focuses on the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33, also known as the Holodomor, and widely considered in Ukraine and beyond to be a genocide. 

great famine photo

Rus' Genealogy

The Rus’ Genealogy module is part of a larger attempt to shift the perceptions of modern scholars to include Rus’ in the wider narrative of medieval Europe.

famine story map

History and Identity

Since the early 1990s, the concept of a split between East and West has prevailed in the political and public discourse of Ukraine.

man with sledgehammer with crowd next to fallen statue

Language

The language issue in Ukraine has long historical roots, and even after Ukraine’s independence it remained in the center of the nation- and state-building processes.

crowd near statue

Historic Podillya

This project presents the place names (settlements, castles, hydronyms) identified up to date in the territory of historical Podillya in the Late Middle Age.

Historic Podillya

MAPA News and Research

MAPA Advances Research on Chornobyl (Chernobyl) Nuclear Disaster

As the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) nuclear disaster reaches its 37th anniversary, HURI’s MAPA team continues to expand its interactive resource on the explosion and its aftermath. On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet...
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MAPA: Digital Atlas of Ukraine Website Gets New Look

The new MAPA: Digital Atlas of Ukraine website offers a fresh new look as well as easier navigation to explore the program's resources, tools, and analysis. New and improved website; same URL and powerful resources It's easier than ever to get started...
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Ukraine: Is It Really East and West?

From public discourse to political statements, people discussing Ukraine often talk about the East and the West. Indeed, there is a widespread belief that Ukraine has sharp regional differences, that the country is split in two along the lines of language...
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