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008			150522s2015 nyub b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780465050918 (hardcover)
020			_a0465050913 (hardcover)
020			_z9780465073948 (ebook)
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050	1	4	_a342 DK 508.51 _bP729g 2015
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100	1		_aPlokhy, Serhii, _d1957- _934941
245	1	4	_aThe gates of Europe : _ba history of Ukraine / _cSerhii Plokhy.
260			_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c2015.
300			_axxiv, 395 pages : _bmaps ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 375-380) and index.
505	0		_aMaps -- 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.
520	2		_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
651		0	_aUkraine _xHistory.
651		4	_aUcrania _xHistoria.
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=45512
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