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Titre(s) : Historical dictionary of Ukraine [Texte imprimé] / Ivan Katchanovski... [et al.]
Édition : 2nd ed.
Publication : Lanham (Md.) : The Scarecrow press, Inc., 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (914 p.) : maps ; 24 cm
Collection : Historical dictionaries of Europe
Lien à la collection : Historical dictionaries of Europe
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (789-911)
Although present-day Ukraine has only been in existence for something over two decades,
its recorded history reaches much further back for more than a thousand years to Kyivan
Rus'. Over that time, it has usually been under control of invaders like the Turks
and Tatars, or neighbors like Russia and Poland, and indeed it was part of the Soviet
Union until it gained its independence in 1991. Today it is drawn between its huge
neighbor to the east and the European Union, and is still struggling to choose its
own path, although it remains uncertain of which way to turn. Nonetheless, as one
of the largest European states, with considerable economic potential, it is not a
place that can be readily overlooked. The problem is, or at least was, where to find
information on this huge modern Ukraine, and since 2005 the answer has been the Historical
Dictionary of Ukraine in its first edition, and now even more so with this second
edition. It now boasts a dictionary section of about 725 entries, these covering the
thousand years of history but particularly the recent past, and focusing on significant
persons, places and events, political parties and institutions as well as more broadly
international relations, the economy, society and culture. The chronology permits
readers to follow this history and the introduction is there to make sense of it.
It also features the most extensive and up-to-date bibliography of English-language
writing on Ukraine
Sujet(s) : Ukraine -- Histoire -- Dictionnaires anglais
Indice(s) Dewey :
947.7 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Ukraine
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780810878457 (cloth) (alkaline paper). - ISBN 0810878453 (cloth) (alkaline paper).
- ISBN 9780810878471 (erroné) (ebook). - ISBN 081087847X (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb438036119
Notice n° :
FRBNF43803611
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