serhii plokhy

A 2023 HIGHLIGHT FOR: SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE * FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES 'The world's foremost historian of Ukraine. . . the chronicler of a country

De onvoorstelbare alliantie tussen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet-Unie Nood breekt wet. Dat bewezen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet-Unie begin 1944

Almost 145,000 Americans fled their homes in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in late March 1979, hoping to save themselves from an invisible enem

Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war-and why h

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 t

*Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History* 'An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history. . . replete with s

The Frontline collects essays in a companion volume to Plokhy's The Gates of Europe and Chernobyl. The essays present further analysis of key events i

Oekraïne ligt op het westelijke uiteinde van de Eur-aziatische steppe, daar waar keizerrijken en werelddelen elkaar ontmoeten. De Romeinen, de Vikinge

The question of where Russian history ends and Ukrainian history begins has not yet received a satisfactory answer. Generations of historians referred

A study of the origins of the modern Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nations, covering the period from the tenth century to the reign of Peter I and

Ukrainian Cossacks used icon painting to investigate their relationship not only with God but also their relationship with the Russian tsar. In this g

A world-renowned historian presents a profoundly original, page-turning account of the Soviet Union's collapse

De onvoorstelbare alliantie tussen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet-Unie Nood breekt wet. Dat bewezen de Verenigde Staten en de Sovjet-Unie begin 194

Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and

In the fall of 1961, KGB assassin Bogdan Stashinsky defected to West Germany. After spilling his secrets to the CIA, Stashinsky was put on trial in wh

This book makes important assertions not only about the conflicts and negotiations inherent to opposing historiographic traditions, but about ways of

1961. The height of the Cold War. Just hours before work begins on the Berlin Wall, a KGB assassin and his young wife flee for the West before the Iro

Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and