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The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Serhii Plokhy
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Description for The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.
'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' (Sunday Telegraph) from the author of Chernobyl, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize Located at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine has long been the meeting place of empires - Roman to Ottoman, Habsburg to Russian - and they all left their imprint on the landscape, the language and the people living within these shifting borders. In this authoritative book, Harvard Professor Serhii Plokhy traces the history of Ukraine from the arrival of the Vikings in the tenth century to the current Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. Fascinating and multilayered, The Gates of Europe is the essential guide to understanding not just Ukraine's past but also its future.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141980614
SKU
9780141980614
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About Serhii Plokhy
Serhii Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University and a leading authority on Eastern Europe. His previous books include The Gates of Europe, The Last Empire and Yalta: The Price of Peace.
Reviews for The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Plokhy's careful, engaging history is a series of stories about a spectral nation, one that has appeared and disappeared down the ages... If sense ever prevails, Plokhy's fine book should find its way to Vladimir Putin's desk, if only to show the imperialist that Ukraine itself is far from done, and will not be extinguished
Ian Bell
Herald Scotland
An assured and authoritative survey that spans ancient Greek times to the present day
Tony Barber
Financial Times
Admirable... In his elegant and careful exposition of Ukraine's past, Mr Plokhy has also provided some signposts to the future
Economist
A fast-moving history, full of prompts and nuggets... a strong rebuttal of the arrogant assumptions of the Putin court that Ukraine, though intrinsically part of the greater Russian nation, is culturally inferior, weaker and compromised
Roger Boyes
The Times
Clear and elegant... an indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation
David Blair
Sunday Telegraph
Ian Bell
Herald Scotland
An assured and authoritative survey that spans ancient Greek times to the present day
Tony Barber
Financial Times
Admirable... In his elegant and careful exposition of Ukraine's past, Mr Plokhy has also provided some signposts to the future
Economist
A fast-moving history, full of prompts and nuggets... a strong rebuttal of the arrogant assumptions of the Putin court that Ukraine, though intrinsically part of the greater Russian nation, is culturally inferior, weaker and compromised
Roger Boyes
The Times
Clear and elegant... an indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation
David Blair
Sunday Telegraph