The oldest recorded mention of the word ukraina dates back to the year 1187.In connection with the death of the Volodymyr Hlibovych, the ruler of Principality of Pereyaslavl which was Kyïv’s southern shield against the Wild Fields, the Hypatian Codex says “Oukraina groaned for him”, ѡ нем же Оукраина много постона o nem že Oukraina mnogo postona).

