Ukraine Birth of a Modern Nation

Name: Ukraine Birth of a Modern Nation
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ISBN: 9780195305463

ISBN-10: 0195305469

ISBN-13: 9780195305463

Edition: 2007

Authors: Serhy Yekelchyk

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In 2004 and 2005, striking images from the Ukraine made their way around the world, among them boisterous, orange-clad crowds protesting electoral fraud and the hideously scarred face of a poisoned opposition candidate. Europe's second-largest country but still an immature state only recently independent, Ukraine has become a test case of post-communist democracy, as millions of people in other countries celebrated the protesters' eventual victory. Any attempt to truly understand current events in this vibrant and unsettled land, however, must begin with the Ukraines dramatic history. Ukraine's strategic location between Russia and the West, the country's pronounced cultural regionalism,…

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List price: $35.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/22/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Note on Transliteration


Chronology


Introduction



The Historical Roots of Modern Ukraine



Imperial Bureaucrats and Nation Builders



Ukraine Enters the Age of Mass Politics



The Ukrainian Revolution



Soviet Ukraine in the 1920s: The Ukrainization Drive



Stalinism: Famine and Terror



Western Ukrainian Lands between the Wars: The Birth of Radical Nationalism



Nazi Occupation and the Soviet Victory



Ukraine under Stalin's Heirs



From Chernobyl to the Soviet Collapse



Independent Ukraine


Epilogue


Notes


Recommended Reading


Glossary


Index