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The Gates of Europe

Serhii Plokhy

A history of Ukraine from ancient frontiers to the conflicts of 2014, tracing how empires, religion, language, war, and competing ideas of nationhood shaped its path to independence.

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29 parts, about 29 minutes to read.

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Author
Serhii Plokhy
Parts
29 parts
Reading time
about 29 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. A Country of Frontiers1 min
  2. The Edge of the World1 min
  3. The Advent of the Slavs1 min
  4. Vikings on the Dnieper1 min
  5. Byzantium North1 min
  6. The Keys to Kyiv1 min
  7. Pax Mongolica1 min
  8. The Making of Ukraine1 min
  9. The Cossacks1 min
  10. Eastern Reformations1 min
  11. The Great Revolt1 min
  12. The Partitions1 min
  13. The Verdict of Poltava1 min
  14. The New Frontiers1 min
  15. The Books of the Genesis1 min
  16. The Porous Border1 min
  17. On the Move1 min
  18. The Unfinished Revolution1 min
  19. The Birth of a Nation1 min
  20. A Shattered Dream1 min
  21. Communism and Nationalism1 min
  22. Stalin’s Fortress1 min
  23. Hitler’s Lebensraum1 min
  24. The Victors1 min
  25. The Second Soviet Republic1 min
  26. Good Bye, Lenin!1 min
  27. The Independence Square1 min
  28. The Price of Freedom1 min
  29. The Meanings of History1 min

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