eBook, 352 pages
English language
Published Nov. 30, 2015 by Penguin Books.
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, 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 multi-layered, The Gates of Europe is the essential guide to understanding not just Ukraine’s past but also its future.
When you're condensing this much history into a single book, you're likely to miss out on a lot of content. Looks likely the case, but it's still a great primer for people like me who only know of Ukraine from mass media and the shadow cast upon it by Russia throughout history.
