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. 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 'This is present-minded history at its most urgent. 'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' ( Sunday Telegraph) from the celebrated author of Chernobyl, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize
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