Title
The history of Ukraine [electronic resource] / Paul Kubicek.
ISBN
9780313349218 electronic book
9780313349201 hardcover : cover
0313349207 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 199 p.) : ill., maps.
Call Number
DK508.51 .K825 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
947.7
Summary
Ukraine's struggle for a national identity plagued this former Soviet Union state long before the Cold War shook the world. Its central location between Eastern Europe and Western Asia invited many different cultures to settle the land, ultimately populating a powerful early medieval society known as Kievan Rus. However, readers will learn how Kievan Rus's Golden Age quickly crumbled with decades of Mongol invasions, Polish-Lithuanian occupation, and Russian empirical ruling. Explore how Ukraine flirted with independence in the early 20th century, only to be quickly taken over by harsh Soviet rule in 1922. Despite its independence from the USSR in 1991, devastating consequences of the socialist rule have allowed the world to witness Ukraine's ceaseless efforts to attain a stable government, struggling through the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko, rigged elections, and the Orange Revolution. --from publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Greenwood histories of the modern nations.
Kievan Rus : the foundation of Ukrainian culture
The Polish-Lithuanian period and the rise of the Cossacks
Ukraine under the Russian empire
Western Ukraine under the Habsburg empire
Revolution and the establishment of Soviet authority
Ukraine under Soviet rule
The drive for Ukrainian independence
Post-Soviet Ukraine, 1991-2004
The Orange Revolution and beyond
Notable people in the history of Ukraine.
