The gates of Europe : a history of Ukraine / Serhii Plokhy
2015. London : Allen Lane. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #441334
Physical description: xxiv, 395 pages : maps ; 24 cm. Contents: On the Pontic frontier. The edge of the world ; The advent of the Slavs ; Vikings on the Dnieper ; Byzantium north ; The keys to Kyiv ; Pax mongolica -- East meets West. The making of Ukraine ; The cossacks ; Eastern reformations ; The Great Revolt ; The partitions ; The verdict of Poltava -- Between the empires. The new frontiers ; The books of the genesis ; The porous border ; On the move ; The unfinished revolution -- The wars of the world. The birth of a nation ; A shattered dream ; Communism and nationalism ; Stalin's fortress ; Hitler's Lebensraum ; The victors -- The road to independence. The second Soviet republic ; Farewell to the empire ; Independence at last! ; The price of freedom -- The meanings of history -- Historical timeline -- Who's who in Ukrainian history. Subjects: Manners and customs. European history.
Price: €60.00