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The History of Ukraine (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)

By Paul Kubicek

Book information

Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2008
ISBN
0313349207, 9780313349201, 9780313349218
LCC
DK508.51 .K825 2008
Open Library ID
OL16927307M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1082984 bytes)
Pages
221\221
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Исторические дисциплины;История Украины

Description

Ukraine's struggle for a national identity plagued this former Soviet Union state long before the Cold War shook the world. Its central location between Eastern Europe and Western Asia invited many different cultures to settle the land, ultimately populating a powerful early medieval society known as Kievan Rus. However, readers will learn how Kievan Rus's Golden Age quickly crumbled with decades of Mongol invasions, Polish-Lithuanian occupation, and Russian empirical ruling. Explore how Ukraine flirted with independence in the early 20th century, only to be quickly taken over by harsh Soviet rule in 1922. Despite its independence from the USSR in 1991, devastating consequences of the socialist rule have allowed the world to witness Ukraine's ceaseless efforts to attain a stable government, struggling through the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko, rigged elections, and the Orange Revolution. Kubicek's survey is comprehensive and concise-a perfect resource for high school students and undergrads, as well as general readers looking to further their knowledge of this up-and-coming nation.

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