THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF
CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY 'An indispensable guide to the
tragic history of a great European nation' Sunday Telegraph 'This
is present-minded history at its most urgent. Anyone wanting to
understand why Russia and the West confront each other over the
future of Ukraine will want to read Serhii Plokhy's reasoned,
measured yet passionate account' Michael Ignatieff Located at the
western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine has long been the
meeting place of empires - Roman to Ottoman, Habsburg to Russian -
and they all left their imprint on the landscape, the language and
the people living within these shifting borders. In this
authoritative book, Harvard Professor and acclaimed author of
Chernobyl, Serhii Plokhy traces the history of Ukraine from the
arrival of the Vikings in the tenth century to the current Russian
invasion of eastern Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. Fascinating
and multilayered, The Gates of Europe is the essential guide to
understanding not just Ukraine's past but also its future.
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