The gates of Europe : a history of Ukraine
Plokhy, Serhii 1957
Europa Środkowo-Wschodnia, Ukraina
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Author
Plokhy, Serhii 1957
Title
The gates of Europe : a history of Ukraine
Volume
xxiv, 395 pages :
Dimensions
25 cm
Object passwords
Europa Środkowo-Wschodnia
Ukraina
Additional information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-380) and index.
Maps -- I. On the Pontic Frontier -- 1. The Edge of the World -- 2. The Advent of the Slavs -- 3. Vikings on the Dnieper -- 4. Byzantium North -- 5. The Keys to Kyiv -- 6. Pax Mongolica -- II. East Meets West -- 7. The Making of Ukraine -- 8. The Cossacks -- 9. Eastern Reformations -- 10. The Great Revolt -- 11. The Partitions -- 12. The Verdict of Poltava -- III. Between the Empires -- 13. The New Frontiers -- 14. The Books of the Genesis -- 15. The Porous Border -- 16. On the Move -- 17. The U
Summary
"From one of the foremost experts on Ukraine and the former USSR, a concise, authoritative history of Ukraine. Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's existence as a sovereign nation. As award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues in The Gates of Europe, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to understand its fraught present and likely f
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Due date: 2026/12/31
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