📋 Overview
Ukraine Chronicles is an interactive web-based historical map that visualizes the history of Ukraine across centuries. Users scrub through time periods and watch borders shift, cultures emerge, and pivotal moments unfold on the map. Each era includes context and narrative — not just geographic changes but the human stories behind them.
💡 Context
As a Ukrainian, this was a way to connect with my own heritage and learn more about the history in a hands-on way. Ukrainian history is incredibly rich but often reduced to oversimplified narratives. Building this as an interactive map made it something I could share with family, friends, and anyone curious about Ukraine's story.
🛠 Tech Stack
🎯 Role
Solo project — built with AI assistance. Covers Ukrainian history from ancient tribes through modern independence with multi-language support (English, Ukrainian, Russian).
✨ Key Highlights
- Interactive timeline spanning from the 6th century to modern independence
- Animated border transitions showing territorial changes across eras
- Narrative context for each period — Kyivan Rus', Golden Horde, Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth, Russian Empire, Soviet era, and independence
- Multi-language support (English, Ukrainian, Russian)