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The most acute, informed
and up-to-date account of
Ukraine and its people.
In this fourth edition
Andrew Wilson refreshes
his classic work with a
new chapter covering
Yanukovych`s presidency,
the uprising on the Kiev
Maidan, the Russian
invasion of eastern
Ukraine and the Crimea,
the rise of Petro
Poroshenko, and the
challenges ahead. ”An
interesting and
provocative read, which
will, one hopes,
contribute to the Western
understanding of what
Ukraine is and why it
matters.” -Volodymyr
Kulyk, Harvard Ukrainian
Studies ”A spirited and
eminently learned
investigation of who
Ukranians say that they
are, how they came to be
so, and how others view
them...If you re add only
one book of Ukraine,
this should probably be
it.” -Elizabeth Luchka
Haigh, H-Net Reviews
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A journalist by trade,
who now suffers from an
immune deficiency
developed while
researching this book,
presents personal
accounts of what happened
to the people of Belarus
after the nuclear reactor
accident in 1986, and
the fear, anger, and
uncertainty that they
still live with.”
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From award-winning
historian Serhii Plokhy,
The Gates of Europe is
the definitive history of
Ukraine that helps us
understand the country`s
past and the current
crisis. At the western
edge of the Eurasian
steppe, caught between
Central Europe, Russia,
and the Middle East,
Ukraine has long been the
meeting place of empires
- Roman to Ottoman,
Habsburg to Russian -
that left their imprint
on the landscape, the
language and the people.
The frontier between
Islam and Christianity
created a class of
ferocious warriors known
as the Cossacks, while
the encounter between the
Catholic and Orthodox
churches led to a
religious tradition that
bridges Western and
Eastern Christianity.
Ukraine has been a home
to millions of Jews,
serving as the birthplace
of Hassidism - and as one
of the killing fields of
the Holocaust.In The
Gates of Europe,
award-winning historian
Serhii Plokhy examines
the history of Ukraine`s
search for its identity,
bringing together some of
the major figures in
Ukrainian history: Prince
Yaroslav the Wise of
Kyiv, whose daughter
Anna became queen of
France; the Cossack ruler
Ivan Mazepa, who was
immortalized in the poems
of Byron and Pushkin;
Nikita Khrushchev and his
protege-turned-nemesis
Leonid Brezhnev; and the
heroes of the Maidan
protests of 2013 and
2014, who embody the
current struggle over
Ukraine`s future. As
Plokhy explains, the
recent conflict with
Russia is a tragic case
of history repeating
itself, as Ukraine once
again finds itself in the
centre of a battle of
global proportions.
Fascinating and
multilayered, The Gates
of Europe is the
essential guide to
understanding not just
Ukraine`s past but also
its future.
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Slavutych, a Ukrainian
provincial city north of
Kyiv, seems in many
respects to belong to a
different era. Built
after the Chornobyl
nuclear disaster in 1986
to replace the
contaminated dwellings of
workers from the power
plant, Slavutych is the
last ”ideal” planned
city of the Soviet Union.
However, the city is
also highly topical -
particularly in times of
political crisis in
Eastern Europe. Slavutych
is an architectural
manifestation of the
Soviet people`s
friendship, with
architects throughout the
Soviet Union involved in
its planning and
construction. As a
result, Slavutych`s
postmodernist
architecture is both
characterised by
socialist, Soviet
paradigms and regional
influences from the
Caucasus region, Baltic
States and Russia.
Furthermore, the search
of the last Soviet
generation of architects
for an environmentally
sustainable, habitable
architecture is of course
still relevant today. The
Architectural Guide
Slavutych documents
numerous buildings and
all city districts,
providing a critical
analysis of unique late
Soviet architecture and
urban planning in the
context of Perestroika.
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Urgent and insightful,
Tim Judah`s account of
the human side of the
conflict in Ukraine is an
evocative exploration of
what the second largest
country in Europe feels
like in wartime. Making
his way from the Polish
border in the west,
through the capital city
and the heart of the 2014
revolution, to the
eastern frontline near
the Russian border,
seasoned war reporter Tim
Judah brings a rare
glimpse of the reality
behind the headlines.
Along the way he talks to
the people living through
the conflict - mothers,
soldiers, businessmen,
poets, politicians -
whose memories of a
contested past shape
their attitudes,
allegiances and hopes for
the future. Together,
their stories paint a
vivid picture of a nation
trapped between powerful
forces, both political
and historical.
”Visceral, gripping,
heartbreaking”. (Simon
Sebag Montefiore).
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An urgent, insightful
account of the human side
of the ongoing conflict
in Ukraine by seasoned
war reporter Tim Judah
Making his way from the
Polish border in the
west, through the
capital city and the
heart of the 2014
revolution, to the
eastern frontline near
the Russian border, Tim
Judah brings a rare
glimpse of the reality
behind the headlines.
Along the way he talks to
the people living through
the conflict - mothers,
soldiers, businessmen,
poets, politicians -
whose memories of a
contested past shape
their attitudes,
allegiances and hopes for
the future. Together,
their stories paint a
vivid picture of what the
second largest country in
Europe feels like in
wartime: a nation trapped
between powerful forces,
both political and
historical. `Visceral,
gripping, heartbreaking`
Simon Sebag Montefiore
`Haunting.. .timely.
..Interviewing a wide
range of people who have
been caught up in the
recent conflict, Judah
concentrates skilfully
and affectingly on the
human cost` Alexander
Larman, Observer `Comes
close to the master,
Ryszard Kapuscinski`
Roger Boyes, The Times
`A kaleidoscopic
portrait.. .Judah looks
at the present - what
Ukraine looks and feels
like now` Marcus Tanner,
Independent
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The unfolding crisis in
Ukraine has brought the
world to the brink of a
new Cold War. As Russia
and Ukraine tussle for
Crimea and the eastern
regions, relations
between Putin and the
West have reached an
all-time low. How did we
get here? Richard Sakwa
here unpicks the story of
Russo-Ukrainian relations
and traces the path to
the recent disturbances
through the events which
have forced Ukraine, a
country internally
divided between East and
West, to choose between
closer union with Europe
or its historic ties with
Russia. As the first full
account of the Ukraine
crisis from the
Euromaidan Protests to
the catastrophe of MH17
and up to the October
2014 parliamentary
elections, Frontline
Ukraine explains the
origins, developments
and global significance
of the internal and
external battle for
Ukraine. With all eyes
focused on the region,
Sakwa unravels the myths
and misunderstandings of
the situation, providing
an essential and
highly-readable account
of the struggle for
Europe s contested
borderlands.”
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Lviv, Lwow, Lvov,
Lemberg. Known by a
variety of names, the
City of Lions is now in
western Ukraine. Situated
in different countries
during its history, it
is a city located along
the fault-lines of
Europe`s history. City of
Lions presents two
essays, written more
than half a century apart
- but united by one city.
Jozef Wittlin`s sensual
and lyrical paean to his
Lwow, written in exile,
is a deep cry of love and
pain for his city, most
of whose familiar faces
have fled or been killed.
Philippe Sands` finely
honed exploration of what
has been lost and what
remains interweaves a
lawyer`s love of evidence
with the emotional heft
of a descendant of Lviv.
With an illuminating
preface by Eva Hoffman
and stunning new
photographs by Diana
Matar, City of Lions is
a powerful and melancholy
evocation of central
Europe in the twentieth
century, with a special
resonance for today`s
troubled continent.
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In 2014 Crimea shapes the
headlines much as it did
some 110 years ago, when
the Crimean War pitted
Britain, France and
Turkey against Russia.
Yet few books have been
published on the history
of the peninsula. For
many readers, Crimea
seems as remote today as
it was when colonised by
the ancient Greeks. Neil
Kent`s book recounts the
history of the Crimea
over three millennia. A
crossroads between Europe
and Asia, ships sailed
to and from Crimean
ports, forming a bridge
that carried merchandise
and transmitted ideas and
innovations. Greeks,
Scythians, Tartars,
Russians, Armenians and
Genoese are among those
who settled the peninsula
since antiquity, a
demographic patchwork
that reflects its
geography. The religious
beliefs of its
inhabitants are almost as
numerous: the Hebraicised
beliefs of the Karaim
Tartars, Islam,
Judaisim, Russian and
Greek Orthodoxy, as well
as Roman Catholicism.
This mosaic is also
reflected in places of
worship and the palaces
which still adorn Crimea:
imperial Romanov
Massandra, the `noble
nest` of Prince Voronzov
at Alupca or the Palace
of Bakhchisaray built for
the Tartar Khan.For some
two centuries balmy Yalta
and its environs were a
veritable Black Sea
Riviera, where
Churchill, Roosevelt and
Stalin met at the end of
the Second World War.
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Ukrainian Diaries is
acclaimed writer Andrey
Kurkov`s first-hand
account of the crisis in
his country. Written from
his flat in Kiev, just
500 metres away from
Independence Square,
Kurkov can smell the
burning barricades and
hear the sounds of
grenades and gunshot. The
diaries begin on the
first day of the
pro-European protests in
November, and are a mix
of commentary on current
events, Ukraine`s
political past, and
Kurkov`s personal
experience of living
through a time of intense
political unrest.
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