The gates of Europe : a history of Ukraine /

The gates of Europe : a history of Ukraine /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
Subjects:
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Historia.
Politiska förhållanden > historia.
Ukraine > History.
Ukraine.
Ukraine
Ukraina.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Unfinished Revolution
  • IV. The Wars of the World
  • 18. The Birth of a Nation
  • 19. A Shattered Dream
  • 20. Communism and Nationalism
  • 21. Stalin's Fortress
  • 22. Hitler's Lebensraum
  • 23. The Victors
  • V. The Road to Independence
  • 24. The Second Soviet Republic
  • 25. Good Bye, Lenin!
  • 26. The Independence Square
  • 27. The Price of Freedom
  • Epilogue: The Meanings of History
  • Historical Timeline
  • Who's Who in Ukrainian History
  • Glossary.