ukraine

Contains fourteen articles in which various scholars examine aspects of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921, discussing the communist takeover of the Ukraine, political parties, the role of the church, Allied policy and French intervention, and other topics.

A Ukrainian poet's memoirs of trial and imprisonment in a Soviet hard-labor camp, where he joined a distinguished group of prisoners.

No nation is more in the news than Ukraine, a country that has strong ties with both Russia and western countries. This book examines the events that led to Soviet control and the dramatic and sometimes harrowing political, economic, and social changes that Ukrainian people have experienced—both during the Soviet era and since the Soviet collapse.

Presents a comprehensive overview of the culture and customs of the Ukraine, describing their religion and language, education, literature, holidays, and festivals.

Discusses the history, geography, economy, people, and culture of the Ukraine.

Presents in graphic novel format the life of a Jewish girl growing up in Poland during the 1940s, describing how the Nazi persecution led to the deaths of her parents, while she and her brothers survived the war by hiding in the neighboring forest.

Witnessing the murder of a peasant outside her small town in the Russian Ukraine in 1903, thirteen-year-old Libby triggers a wave of hate against her Jewish family, prompting them to consider emigrating to America.

In the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, a Ukrainian girl named Katya comes to understand the things most important about her homeland, and in combining the mythological strength of her ancestors with a newly acquired comprehension of the scientific truth of the event, Katya fulfills a promise she made to herself many years before.

Describes what life was like for men, women, and children living in Ukraine under the Nazis in World War II.