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

0813336740 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780813336749 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.

English

xiii, 258 pages : map ; 24 cm

DK508.51 .R45 1999

947.7

Borderland tells the story of Ukraine. A thousand years ago it was the center of the first great Slav civilization, Kievan Rus. In 1240, the Mongols invaded from the east, and for the next seven centuries, Ukraine was split between warring neighbors: Lithuanians, Poles, Russians, Austrians, and Tatars. Again and again, borderland turned into battlefield: during the Cossack risings of the seventeenth century, Russia's wars with Sweden in the eighteenth, the Civil War of 1918-1920, and under Nazi occupation. Ukraine finally won independence in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Bigger than France and as populous as Britain, it has the potential to become one of the most powerful states in Europe.
In this book, Anna Reid combines research and her own experiences to chart Ukraine's tragic past.

In this book, Anna Reid combines research and her own experiences to chart Ukraine's tragic past.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index.

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