The question of where Russian history ends and Ukrainian history begins has not yet received a satisfactory answer. Generations of historians referred to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, as the starting point of the Muscovite dynasty, the Russian state, and, ultimately, the Russian nation. However, the history of Kyiv and that of the Scythians of the Northern Black Sea region have also been claimed by Ukrainian historians, and are now regarded as integral parts of the history of Ukraine. If these are actually the beginnings of Ukrainian history, when does Russian history start?
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The question of where Russian history ends and Ukrainian history begins has not yet received a satisfactory answer. Generations of historians refer...
On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day the USSR was officially no more and the USA had emerged as the world's sole superpower. Award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy presents a page-turning account of the preceding five months of drama, filled with failed coups d'etat and political intrigue. Honing in on this previously disregarded but crucial period and using recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants, he shatters the established myths of 1991 and presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet...
On Christmas Day 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day the USSR was officially no more and the USA had eme...
In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage, this blatant violation of national sovereignty was only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries and create a pan-Russian nation. In Lost Kingdom, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues that we can only understand the confluence of Russian imperialism and nationalism today by delving into the nation's history. Spanning over 500 years, from the end of the Mongol rule to the present day, Plokhy shows how leaders from Ivan...
In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage, this blatant violation of nat...
In the autumn of 1961, a KGB assassin defected to West Germany. Bogdan Stashinsky had already travelled on numerous occasions to Munich, where he had singlehandedly tracked down and killed the enemies of the communist regime. His weapon was a specially designed secret: it killed without leaving any trace. The true story that inspired The Man with theGolden Gun by Ian Fleming
In the autumn of 1961, a KGB assassin defected to West Germany. Bogdan Stashinsky had already travelled on numerous occasions to Munich, where he had ...
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, Observer On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, workers, engineers, firefighters and those living in the area were abandoned to their fate. The blast put the world on the brink of nuclear annihilation, contaminating over half of Europe with radioactive fallout. In Chernobyl, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy draws...
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, ...
As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence, celebrated historian Serhii Plokhy explains that today's crisis is a case of history repeating itself: the Ukrainian conflict is only the latest in a long history of turmoil over Ukraine's sovereignty ... This revised edition contains new material that brings this definitive history up to the present, from the election of Volodymyr Zelensky to the role of Ukraine in Trump's impeachment. As Ukraine once again...
As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and ...
Tento hrubý nástin vystihuje, co se v dubnu 1986 odehrálo v Černobylské jaderné elektrárně. Autor vás seznámí s genezí sovětského jaderného výzkumu, konstrukcí dvou hlavních typů reaktorů užívaných v SSSR, s jejich přednostmi i chybami. Nastiňuje i výstavbu jaderné elektrárny u Černobylu, spojenou s problémy i proslulou sovětskou fušeřinou.
Hlavní část knihy je zaměřena na události, které vedly k explozi reaktoru č. 4. Kniha ilustruje zmatek technického personálu elektrárny, který nebyl...
O Černobylu komplexně a bez cenzury.
Tento hrubý nástin vystihuje, co se v dubnu 1986 odehrálo v Černobylské jaderné elektrárně. Au...
