Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. Europe - General    3. History - Military / War    4. Military - Other    5. Biography: general    6. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    7. Ukraine    8. War & defence operations    9. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. History: American    2. Former Czechoslovakia    3. Hungary    4. Political structure & processes    5. Russia    6. Ukraine   

Subjects:  1. Basansky, Bill    2. German occupation, 1941-1944    3. History    4. Personal narratives, Ukrainian    5. Ukraine    6. World War, 1939-1945   

Subjects:  1. Documentary Photo Collections    2. Eastern Europe - General    3. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    4. History Of Jews    5. Jews    6. Photo Essays    7. Photoessays & Documentaries    8. Photography    9. Pictorial works    10. Ukraine   

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Borderland?
Unfortunately the author did not get the basic premise correct. Ukraine does not mean borderland. The oldest use of the word found in written text is in the 10th century chronicle of Slava o Polke Ihoria. The term Ukraine is used as meaning within the kingdom, at the heart of the kingdom. The opposite of what the author writes. Borderland would mean Okraina, this is the difference between in and out. She also missed that Ukraine has the oldest calendar on the planet now dating to 7039. Another significant fact.
Good Historical Record of the Early Nineties and Independence
Anna Reid has done a marvelous job of describing the situation in Ukraine in the early 1990s and the historical background of a nation that never existed before 1991.It was always an area of people, but never was it ever independent.Reid does a good job in explaining who 'owned' Ukraine, and what happened there during the different periods when parts or all of it belonged to Poland, Poland/Lithuania, Austria, Prussia, Russia, AustroHungary, Poland and USSR.
Ukraine and the borderland.
This is a better book than her book on Siberia.In this book, Ms. Reid makes the case that Ukraine is indeed the borderland of Asia and Europe.To the east, is the ancient and powerful country of Russia, and to the west, former foes in Germany and Poland.The people of Ukraine were never a really distinct culture aside from the Russians.This started to change in the early 1800s when authors, artists, and historians started to document their own culture.When the Western Ukraine was joined with the Eastern Ukraine after WWII, Ukraine was a large part of the Soviet Union.With the breakup of the Soviet Union, this country became the largest country in Europe.
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Subjects:  1. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    2. History - General History    3. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    4. Ukraine   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    2. History    3. History: World    4. International Relations - General    5. Politics - Current Events   

Subjects:  1. 1945-1991    2. Eastern Europe - General    3. Europe - Former Soviet Republics    4. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    5. History    6. History: World    7. Politics and government    8. Social conditions    9. Ukraine   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Italy    2. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Italians    7. Odesa (Ukraine)    8. Russia    9. Ukraine    10. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    11. Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)   

Subjects:  1. 1340-1648    2. Cossacks    3. History    4. Political Discontent And Violence    5. Ukraine    6. Zaporozhians    7. Demonstrations & protest movements   

Subjects:  1. 1917-1921 (Révolution)    2. Histoire    3. History    4. Revolution, 1917-1921    5. Ukraine   

Subjects:  1. History and criticism    2. Literary style    3. Shakespeare, William    4. Sonnets   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Crimea    3. Crimean War, 1853-1856    4. Europe - Ireland    5. History    6. History: World    7. Irish    8. Participation, Irish    9. Ukraine    10. British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900    11. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    12. Ireland    13. Russia    14. c 1800 to c 1900   

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A shell of a book
Because of the horrific subject matter, and the heroic role of the main author in the saving of countless lives, and the everpressing need for all survivors of all holocausts to have their voices heard, I am initially hesitant to say something bad about this book, but the truth is, this is not a very good book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography/Autobiography    2. History - General History    3. Holocaust    4. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)    5. Jewish Holocaust Personal Narratives    6. Jews    7. Persecutions    8. Personal narratives    9. Rescue    10. Romania    11. Transnistria (Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944)    12. Ukraine    13. World War, 1939-1945    14. Jagendorf, Siegfried   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Europe - Former Soviet Republics    4. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    5. History    6. History - General History    7. Nationalism    8. Ukraine    9. History / Former Soviet Republics    10. History, World | Russia & Former Soviet Union   

Subjects:  1. 1914-1944    2. Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920)    3. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukrain    4. Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)    5. Eastern Europe - General    6. Europe - Former Soviet Republics    7. Foreign relations    8. General    9. History    10. History: World    11. Military - World War I    12. Politics / Current Events    13. Romania    14. Territorial questions    15. Treaties, etc    16. World War, 1914-1918    17. Eastern Europe    18. Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)    19. World history: First World War   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. History - General History    3. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    4. Russia   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - General    2. Europe - Former Soviet Republics    3. History    4. History: World    5. International Relations - General    6. Politics - Current Events   

Subjects:  1. (Solomiëiìa Dmytrivna)    2. 1945-1991    3. 1991-    4. Correspondence    5. Eastern Europe    6. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    7. History - General History    8. Pavlychko, S. D    9. Pavlychko, S. D.    10. Politics and government    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Russia - History - 1917 To 1991    13. Ukraine    14. Colonization & independence    15. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    16. Revolutions & coups    17. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. History / Europe / General    2. Zaporozhians,history,Cossack-Polish War,1648-1657,Ukraine,Poland,monarchy,1572-1763,Pierre Chevalier   

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Outstanding history of the Ukrainian minstrel tradition.
The "Ukrainian Minstrels" by the Harvard-trained scholar and folklore authority, Natalie Kononenko, who currently teaches at the University of Virginia, is enormously interesting. Among the many intriguing characteristics of the Ukrainian folk tradition is the fact that Ukrainian epics were sung by a special type of minstrel - the blind mendicant. Yes, blindness was obligatory! These minstrelswere organized into professional guilds that set standards for training and performance and provided the singers with protection and support throughout their careers. Natalie Kononenko's book is a revelation of a distinctive folk tradition and a little-known social order. One learns about the difference between the kobzari and lirniki, since there were two types of minstrels, who played different types of instruments,about the unique relationship between the established minstrel and his apprentice, the duration of training, and the extensive and fascinating repertoire one had to master. The book containsmany rare photographs of minstrels. One also learns about a great tragedy which befell the Ukrainian minstrels in the 30's at the hands of the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, who like the villain in a Greek tragedy, organized a bogus minstrel convention in Moscow, where he had them arrested and murdered, and their instruments destroyed. Sort of a pre-cursor to the massacre of the Polish officers by Stalin at Katyn during WWII period. Highly recommended to any folklore enthusiast. A real treat! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Blind musicians    3. Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk    4. Folk Music    5. Folklore & Mythology - Folklore    6. Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional    7. History    8. Kobzari    9. Minstrels    10. Music    11. Sociology    12. Ukraine    13. Cultural studies    14. Folklore    15. Social history