Category Archives: Ukraine

The Russian Revolution in Ukraine

Nestor Makhno (1888-1934) was a peasant anarcho-communist who organized an experiment in anarchist values and practice in southeast Ukraine during the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and the subsequent Civil War (1917-1921). The Russian Revolution in Ukraine is the first volume … Continue reading

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Sevastopol 1942: Von Manstein’s triumph (Campaign)

In late July 1941, Hitler ordered Army Group South to seize the Crimea as part of its operations to secure the Ukraine and the Donets Basin, in order to protect the vital Romanian oil refineries at Ploesti from Soviet air … Continue reading

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Contemporary Ukraine on the Cultural Map of Europe

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Panther vs T-34: Ukraine 1943 (Duel)

Robert A. Forczyk provides a riveting and intense description of the design and development of these two deadly opponents, the Panther and the T-34, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses and describing their tactics, weaponry and training. Moreover he gives an … Continue reading

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The Crimea Question: Identity, Transition, and Conflict (Harvard Ukrainian Series)

Regional diversity such as Ukraine’s often embodies potential for friction and conflict, in particular when it involves territorialized ethnicity and divergent historical experiences. Political elites interested in stability and conflict prevention must find ways either to accommodate or control this … Continue reading

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Understanding Ukrainian Politics: Power, Politics, And Institutional Design

Ukraine made headlines around the world during the winter of 2004-05 as the colorful banners of the Orange Revolution unfurled against the snowy backdrop of Kyiv, signaling the bright promise of democratic rebirth. But is that what is really happening … Continue reading

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Unmaking Imperial Russia: Mykhailo Hrushevsky and the Writing of Ukrainian History

From the eighteenth century until its collapse in 1917, Imperial Russia ? as distinct from Muscovite Russia before it and Soviet Russia after it ? officially held that the Russian nation consisted of three branches: Great Russian, Little Russian (Ukrainian), … Continue reading

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Kalka River 1223: Genghiz Khan’s Mongols Invade Russia (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

In 1221, Genghiz, Great Khan of the Mongols, ordered an armed reconnaissance expedition into Russia commanded by Subodei Bahadur and Jebei Noyon ‘The Arrow’. The consequences for the history of Europe were incalculable. The decisive Mongol victory at Kalka River, … Continue reading

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Ukrainian Armies 1914-55 (Men-at-Arms)

There can be no region in Europe whose history has been more tortured than Ukraine. During the 20th century Austria, Poland, Russia, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania vied for power over parts of this vast and fragmented area; and its … Continue reading

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Blood and Iron: The German Conquest of Sevastopol

BLOOD AND IRON tells the story of one of the most dramatic campaigns of World War II, the German conquest of the Crimean Peninsula and the port of Sevastopol in 1941–42. Sevastopol was the world’s most strongly fortified city and … Continue reading

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