- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: Phoenix; New Ed edition (6 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1842127225
- ISBN-13: 978-1842127223
- Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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To be promoted alongside Anna Reid's new book, THE SHAMAN'S COAT
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The Ukraine is one of the most neglected countries in the world. It has a population of 52 million - larger than Britain's - and a land mass the size of France; it also has Chernobyl, and after Russia is the largest nuclear power. The word 'Ukraine' means 'borderland' and for most of its history the lands that make up present-day Ukraine have been a collection of other countries' border regions. Prior to Stalinism and Nazism, Ukraine was ethnically extremely diverse, including Russians, Poles, Jews, Greeks and Armenians. Their ghosts linger in language, literature, and architecture, quite distinct from Russia's.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a Ukrainian from Kyiv myself and I purchased the book while searching for a guide to my country for some friends of mine, who plan to visit. I would like to commend the author on her good work - the book is well-written and quite captivating (I started flipping through the pages and ended up reading the entire book). Also, it is clear a lot of background research went into it. Finally, I am thankful for the book as such as there is so little popular information on Ukraine published yet. Couple of clarifying remarks are still in order, in my opinion. Firstly, the depiction of Ukraine in the book is quite dated. Kyiv, for one, has changed dramatically since ten years ago (when the material of the book was gathered) - mostly for the better. Also, invariably for a non-scientific history book, a lot of views and perceptions of the author are subjective. That's what makes the book interesting and readable, but also that is why the book should not be used as a proper guide to a Ukrainian history (The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation by Andrew Wilson is one of my picks, apart from the classical history books published by Ukrainian historians). My final comment is that Anna Reid seems to have discovered many Ukraines - Polish, Russian, Austrian, Jewish, Romanian ones (reflecting my country's history and the wonderfully diverse ethnic and cultural heritage), but I feel that Ukrainian Ukraine is yet to be fully discovered and appreciated by the author... Perhaps Anna should come and visit Ukraine again and update the book?
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book thinking it was a travel book, expecting to find descriptions of mountains, forests and adventures with bears and strange people. Instead it is a comprehensive history of an eastern European crossroads, an area that has been involved in very many political expansions, empires and revolutions. I'd never before seen this important chunk of history centred on this part of the world; I was amazed at how Anna Reid's very readable account made sense of many events about which I'd previously read as peripheral events.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When colleagues at work found me reading a book about Ukranian history they thought I had gone round the bend. At best they considered that I was just showing off. Before to long, however, it was these very same people who would steal it off me and quote extracts to their friends.
What makes Anna Reid`s book such a great achievement is the way she is able to transform what could have been a pretty stodgy historical account into a jolly good read. At times it verges on the anecdotal yet one is never far from a well documented tragic flip side.
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Brilliant
After reading this book I felt very emotional. Most of the featured events are not news for me, I was their at the time the book was published and had good post USSR history... Read more
Published 24 days ago by Ukrainian from Vinnytsya
A beginner's guide
This book makes sense of Ukraine for the uninitiated. It is thoroughly readable. The approach is to separate the different parts of Ukraine, each of which has its own history,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by KR
A Very Engaging, Vivid and Heartbreaking History of the Ukraine
This is an excellent, very well written and thoroughly engaging book about the heartbreaking history of the Ukraine. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Dr. R. Brandon
As someone with no connection to Ukraine
This is an engaging, thought provoking and sensitive telling of one of the most brutal histories in Europe. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jimmy the Hat
Really a Borderland
One of the best books I've read in a long time. A sympathetic account that covers the good and the bad; Kievan Rus, Batu Kahn, Poland /Lithuania, Austro Hungarian Galicia, Jews,... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Baraniecki Mark Stuart
borderland a journey through the history of the ukraine
The book is a good book but i would liked to have had more information admitedly not many books in english on the ukraine.
Published 13 months ago by ashwort01
Big yes!
Written with nerve and skill. Hugely entertaining and competent. A must read for people interested in Eastern Europe affairs.
Published 19 months ago by Mikolaj
Excellent, excellent, excellent
This is just a great book. Simple concept, beautifully executed. I would certainly recommend it for those interested in Ukrainian or Eastern European history generally, but also... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2009 by Bookworm
Essential
Anna Reid writes about the Ukraine with the scholar's understanding but also with a genuine love of the country. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2009 by Peter Marshall
Wonderful popular introduction to the history of Ukraine up to 1997
This is one of those books that if you write a review to it, you are bound to get counter-reviews from someone out there that belive you should have the same opinion on this book... Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2009 by Jan Øystein Thorsnæs
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