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The Gates Of Europe: A History Of Ukraine

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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 & the current crisis. At the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, caught between Central Europe, Russia, & the Middle East, Ukraine has long been the meeting place of empires
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- & 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 & Pushkin; Nikita Khrushchev & his protege-turned-nemesis Leonid Brezhnev; & the heroes of the Maidan protests of 2013 & 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 & multilayered, The Gates of Europe is the essential guide to understanding not just Ukraine`s past but also its future.

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