Borderland : a journey through the history of Ukraine / Anna Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Anna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ukraine--History.

Ukraine.

Ukraine--History--Russian Invasion, 2022-.

Ukraine--Politics and government.

Ukraine--Ethnic relations.

Ukraine--Relations--Russia.

Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-.

Ethnic relations.

International relations.

Politics and government.

Russia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 371 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Revised and updated edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, [2023].

Summary:

Ukraine is gripped in a bloody crisis that has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and is transforming the world's energy policies and security architecture. As celebrated journalist Anna Reid shows in Borderland, this conflict is the latest of many. Ukraine has been a borderland, and a battlefield, for more than seven centuries, from the Mongol invasion of 1240 to the Maidan protests of 2014--and, of course, the devastating Russian invasion of 2022. In this penetrating book, Reid combines research and her own experiences to chart Ukraine's tragic past and uncertain future. Talking to peasants and politicians, rabbis and racketeers, dissidents and paramilitaries, survivors of Stalin's famine and of Nazi labor camps, she reveals the layers of myth and propaganda that wrap this divided land. From the Polish churches of Lviv to the coal mines of the Donbass to the Tatar shantytowns of Crimea, the book explores Ukraine's struggle to build itself a national identity. Updated to include firsthand material from the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war, Borderland is essential reading for anyone looking to understand Ukraine and how its history is shaping its destiny.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE

1. The New Jerusalem: Kiev

2. Poles and Cossacks: Kamyanets Podilsky

3. The Russian Sea: Donetsk and Odessa

4. The Books of Genesis: Lviv

5. A Meaningless Fragment: Chernivtsi

6. The Great Hunger: Matussiv and Lukovytsya

7. The Vanished Nation: Ivano-Frankivsk

8. The Wart on Russia's Nose: Crimea

9. The Empire Explodes: Chernobyl

10. Europe or Little Russia? Ukraina

PART TWO

11. The Rise and Fall of the Orange Revolution

12. The Maidan

13. Putin Strikes Back

14. Between Battles

15. The New War

16. What Next?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-352) and index.

ISBN:

9781541603486

1541603486

OCLC:

1356621953