The Gates of Europe
"An exemplary account of Europe's least-known large country" (Wall Street Journal) by an award-winning historian.Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense fight with Russia to preserve its territorial…
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"An exemplary account of Europe's least-known large country" (Wall Street Journal) by an award-winning historian.Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense fight with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's territory and its existence as a sovereign nation. As the award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues in The Gates of Europe, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to understand its present and future.Situated between Central Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, Ukraine was shaped by the empires that used it as a strategic gateway between East and West--from the Roman and Ottoman empires to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. For centuries, Ukraine has been a meeting place of various cultures. The mixing of sedentary and nomadic
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