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"From one of the foremost experts on Ukraine and the former USSR, a concise, authoritative history of Ukraine. Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's existence as a sovereign nation. As award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues in The Gates of Europe, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to understand its fraught present and likely future. Situated between Europe, Russia, and the Asian East, Ukraine was shaped by the empires that have used it as a strategic gateway between East and West--from the Romans and Ottomans to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union, all have engaged in global fights for supremacy on Ukrainian soil. Each invading army left a lasting mark on the landscape and on the population, making modern Ukraine an amalgam of competing cultures. Authoritative and vividly written, The Gates of Europe will be the definitive history of Ukraine for years to come"--… (más)
In these times, there is urgency and poignancy in learning more about my roots. I am glad I have found this book. Compressing history from the Ancient Greeks to 2014 into 400 pages and a coherent narrative is an impossible task, but the author succeeded admirably. For those not familiar with Ukrainian history, this is a great introduction. As for me, I wanted to take care of my blank spots – there were quite a few, but not as many as I thought there would be.
Just a word of warning: if you are expecting historical figures and settings to come alive, this book is not the place. “Gates of Europe” is packed with facts, facts, facts, and more facts. So, at times it is quite dense and academic (still very readable, though). But since I hadn’t expected to be entertained when I started reading, I was fine with the textbook style. ( )
It's taken me a long time to finish reading this book, not because it wasn't good, but because I kept picking up other books alongside, and didn't want to rush this. Although it doesn't extend beyond 2016, and the war Russia started last year is a significant escalation, the dividing lines are all there in the book, across the centuries. ( )
The History of the Ukraine, packed into one book. A challenging read, requiring frequent examination of the maps, the historical timeline, "who's who," the glossary and, at times, a dictionary. For a better understanding, I should have looked up even more maps on my own. ( )
I found this comprehensive history of Ukraine helped me understand what is going on there in the war with Russia. Plokhy manages to cover millennia of history while focussing tightly on the events of the last 80 years, which offers insights into the competing narratives of Russia and Ukraine about the current conflict. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
To the people of Ukraine
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
The first historian of Ukraine was Herodotus, the father of history himself.
Citas
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union was sometimes portrayed as a country not only with an unpredictable future but also with an unpredictable past. The Ukrainians, like the other non-Russian nationalities, were trying to recover a past concealed from them by decades of official Soviet historiography and propaganda. (Chapter 25: Good Bye Lenin!, p.314 (Basic Books, 2015))
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Whatever the outcome of the current Ukraine Crisis, on its resolution depends not only the future of Ukraine but also that of relations between Europe's east and west—Russia and the European Union—and the us the future of Europe as a whole.
"From one of the foremost experts on Ukraine and the former USSR, a concise, authoritative history of Ukraine. Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's existence as a sovereign nation. As award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues in The Gates of Europe, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to understand its fraught present and likely future. Situated between Europe, Russia, and the Asian East, Ukraine was shaped by the empires that have used it as a strategic gateway between East and West--from the Romans and Ottomans to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union, all have engaged in global fights for supremacy on Ukrainian soil. Each invading army left a lasting mark on the landscape and on the population, making modern Ukraine an amalgam of competing cultures. Authoritative and vividly written, The Gates of Europe will be the definitive history of Ukraine for years to come"--
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Just a word of warning: if you are expecting historical figures and settings to come alive, this book is not the place. “Gates of Europe” is packed with facts, facts, facts, and more facts. So, at times it is quite dense and academic (still very readable, though). But since I hadn’t expected to be entertained when I started reading, I was fine with the textbook style. (