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Plokhy, Serhii, 1957- author.

The frontline : essays on Ukraine's past and present / Serhii Plokhy.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press for the Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021.

©2021

xv, 400 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm

"The Frontline presents a selection of essays drawn together for the first time to form a companion volume to Plokhy's The Gates of Europe and Chernobyl. Here he expands upon his analysis in earlier works of key events in Ukrainian history, including Ukraine's complex relations with Russia and the West, the burden of tragedies such as the Holodomor and World War II, the impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and Ukraine's contribution to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Juxtaposing Ukraine's history to the contemporary politics of memory, this volume provides a multidimensional image of a country that continues to make headlines around the world. Eloquent in style and comprehensive in approach, the essays collected here reveal the roots of the ongoing political, cultural, and military conflict in Ukraine, the largest country in Europe" -- Provided by publisher.

Harvard series in Ukrainian studies ; 81

Harvard series in Ukrainian studies ; v. 81.

Ukraine -- History.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-386) and index.

Quo vadis Ukrainian history? -- Cossack stock -- Placing Ukraine on the map of Europe -- Russia and Ukraine: did they reunite in 1654? -- Hadiach 1658: the origins of a myth -- The return of Ivan Mazepa -- The red century -- How Russian was the Russian revolution? -- Killing by hunger -- Mapping the Great Famine -- The call of blood -- The battle for Eastern Europe -- The American Dream -- Farewell to the empire -- The Soviet collapse -- Chornobyl -- Truth in our times -- The empire strikes back -- When Stalin lost his head -- Goodbye Lenin! -- European horizons -- The Russian question -- The quest for Europe -- The new Eastern Europe -- Reimagining the continent --

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