This book presents the illustrated history of Ukraine-Rus from the most ancient times to our days in the geopolitical context for the first time. The history of Ukraine-Rus is examined in the view of urban (bourgeois) democratic society formation and the fight of urban Christian civilization against the archaic rural traditional world. Much attention is given to multicultural and multiethnic basis for Ukraine-Rus formation. The book is illustrated with 493 pictures and 8 maps.