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UKRAINE
BIRTH OF A MODERN NATION |
| By: |
Serhy Yekelchyk |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£27.49 |
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£24.05 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195305469 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195305463 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
22 March, 2007 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Among the largest states in Europe, Ukraine first appeared on the world map in 1991 and has been in the newspaper headlines since the Orange Revolution of 2004, which brought Victor Yushchenko to power. In current events, this state has been seen as symbolic of the relationship between Russia and the United States. Yekelchyk, a Ukrainian born and Western trained historian, delivers a concise volume tracing the complex, multiethnic history of Ukraine from the late19th century to the present. |
| Synopsis: |
In 2004 and 2005, striking images from the Ukraine made their way around the world, among them boisterous, orange-clad crowds protesting electoral fraud and the hideously scarred face of a poisoned opposition candidate. Europe's second-largest country but still an immature state only recently independent, Ukraine has become a test case of post-communist democracy, as millions of people in other countries celebrated the protesters' eventual victory. Any attempt to truly understand current events in this vibrant and unsettled land, however, must begin with the Ukraines dramatic history. Ukraine's strategic location between Russia and the West, the country's pronounced cultural regionalism, and the ugly face of post-communist politics are all anchored in Ukraine's complex past. The first Western survey of Ukrainian history to include coverage of the Orange Revolution and its aftermath, this book narrates the deliberate construction of a modern Ukrainian nation, incorporating new Ukrainian scholarship and archival revelations of the post-communist period.Here then is a history of the land where the strategic interests of Russia and the West have long clashed, with reverberations that resonate to this day. |
| Illustrations: |
3 maps, 13 halftones |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Prizes: |
Winner of *Choice* Outstanding Academic Book 2007. |
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Returnable |
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