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The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy (CD-Audio, 2015)

Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its ecomic 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.

Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
922
Narrator(s)
Ralph Lister
Author Biography
Serhii Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard and the director of the university's Ukrainian Research Institute. The award-winning author of many books, including The Last Empire and The Gates of Europe, Serhii lives in Arlington, Massachusetts. Ralph Lister is an award-winning stage and film actor whose credits include roles in Oz: The Great and Powerful, Setup, and Alleged. An Audie Award-nominated narrator, Ralph has recorded more than one hundred audiobooks and directed over a dozen others, across all genres, both fiction and nonfiction.
Date of Publication
01/12/2015
Edition Statement
Unabridged
Country of Publication
United States

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