Ukraine and Russia Reading List

A History of Ukraine

by Plokhy, Serhii

Book - 2015

A history of the Ukraine including its current fight with Russia to preserve its political independence. A history of the Ukraine including its current fight with Russia to preserve its political independence. Show less

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Ukraine

What Everyone Needs to Know

by Yekelchyk, Serhy

Book - 2020

This book explains how independent Ukraine fell victim to crony capitalism, how its people rebelled twice in the last two decades in the name of democracy and against corruption, and why Russia reacted so aggressively to the strivings of Ukrainians. This book explains how independent Ukraine fell victim to crony capitalism, how its people rebelled twice in the last two decades in the name of democracy and against corruption, and why Russia reacted so aggressively to the strivings of Ukrainians. Show less

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Borderland

A Journey Through the History of Ukraine

by Reid, Anna

Book - 2015

From the Polish churches of Lviv to the coal mines of the Russian-speaking Donbass, from the Galician shtetlech to the Tatar shantytowns of Crimea, the bo...Show more From the Polish churches of Lviv to the coal mines of the Russian-speaking Donbass, from the Galician shtetlech to the Tatar shantytowns of Crimea, the book explores Ukraine's struggle to build itself a national identity, and identity that faces up to a bloody past, and embraces all the peoples within its borders. Show less

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Black Earth

A Journey Through Ukraine

by Mühling, Jens

Book - 2019

In Black Earth: A Journey through the Ukraine , journalist and celebrated travel writer Jens Mühling takes readers across the country during its last poli...Show more In Black Earth: A Journey through the Ukraine , journalist and celebrated travel writer Jens Mühling takes readers across the country during its last political crises: the ousting of former president Viktor Yanukovych and the Russian annexation of Crimea. Show less

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Near Abroad

Putin, the West and the Contest Over Ukraine and the Caucasus

by Toal, Gerard

Book - 2017

Vladimir Putin's intervention into the Georgia/South Ossetia conflict in summer 2008 was quickly recognized by Western critics as an attempt by Russia to ...Show more Vladimir Putin's intervention into the Georgia/South Ossetia conflict in summer 2008 was quickly recognized by Western critics as an attempt by Russia to increase its presence and power in the "near abroad", or the independent states of the former Soviet Union that Russia still regards as its wards. Show less

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Red Famine

Stalin's War on Ukraine

by Applebaum, Anne

Book - 2017

Examines how in 1929, Stalin began his policy of agricultural collectivization which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms....Show more Examines how in 1929, Stalin began his policy of agricultural collectivization which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. A famine occurred as a result and at least five million people died between 1931 and 1933 in the U.S.S.R. The author argues that more than three million of those dead were Ukrainians who died not because of the policy, but because the state intentionally wanted to kill them. A series of rebellions that had happened made Stalin want to destroy the Ukrainian peasantry. Show less

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Putin's Russia

by Cunningham, Darryl

Book - 2022

From schoolyard thug to Russian president: Putin's rise to power comes under the microscope in this graphic novel. From schoolyard thug to Russian president: Putin's rise to power comes under the microscope in this graphic novel. Show less

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Putin's Trolls : On the Frontlines of Russia's Information War Against the World

by Aro, Jessikka

Book - 2022

A chilling account of Russian information warfare, Putin's Trolls exposes the individuals and organizations behind the Kremlin's coordinated, military-style social media operations against the West. A chilling account of Russian information warfare, Putin's Trolls exposes the individuals and organizations behind the Kremlin's coordinated, military-style social media operations against the West. Show less

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Between Two Fires

Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia

by Yaffa, Joshua

Book - 2021

In this rich and novelistic tour of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa introduces readers to some of the country's most remarkable figures--from politician...Show more In this rich and novelistic tour of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa introduces readers to some of the country's most remarkable figures--from politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historians--who have built their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the Putin system. Torn between their own ambitions and the omnipresent demands of the state, each walks an individual path of compromise. Some muster cunning and cynicism to extract all manner of benefits and privileges from those in power. Others, finding themselves to be less adept, are left broken and demoralized. What binds them together is the tangled web of dilemmas and contradictions they face. Show less

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The Strongman

Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia

by Roxburgh, Angus

Book - 2021

Vladimir Putin has turned Russia from fledgling democracy into a police state, and in 2020 a constitutional change gave him the means to stay in power unt...Show more Vladimir Putin has turned Russia from fledgling democracy into a police state, and in 2020 a constitutional change gave him the means to stay in power until 2036. In this acclaimed political biography, former BBC Moscow correspondent Angus Roxburgh charts the dramatic fight for Russia's future under Putin. Show less

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Putin's People

How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West

by Belton, Catherine

Book - 2020

Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine. In recent years, Vladimir Putin's Russia has waged a ...Show more Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine. In recent years, Vladimir Putin's Russia has waged a concerted campaign to expand its influence and undermine Western institutions. But how and why did all this come about, and who has orchestrated it? Show less

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From Russia With Blood

The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West

by Blake, Heidi

Book - 2019

The untold story of how Russia refined the art and science of targeted assassination abroad -- while Western spies watched in horror as their governments failed to guard against the threat. The untold story of how Russia refined the art and science of targeted assassination abroad -- while Western spies watched in horror as their governments failed to guard against the threat. Show less

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Putin's World

Russia Against the West

by Stent, Angela

Book - 2019

How did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because Putin is a brilliant strategist? Or has Ru...Show more How did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because Putin is a brilliant strategist? Or has Russia stepped into a vacuum created by the West's distraction with its own domestic problems and US ambivalence about whether it still wants to act as a superpower? Putin's World examines the country's turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions -- and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the USSR collapsed. Show less

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Putin Country

A Journey Into the Real Russia

by Garrels, Anne

Book - 2016

More than twenty years ago, the longtime NPR correspondent Anne Garrels began to visit the region of Chelyabinsk, an aging military-industrial center a th...Show more More than twenty years ago, the longtime NPR correspondent Anne Garrels began to visit the region of Chelyabinsk, an aging military-industrial center a thousand miles east of Moscow that is home to the Russian nuclear program. Her goal was to chart the social and political aftershocks of the USSR's collapse. On her trips to an area once closed to the West, Garrels discovered a populace for whom the new democratic freedoms were as traumatic as they were delightful. Show less

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The Man Without A Face

The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

by Gessen, Masha

Book - 2012

The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low- level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly...Show more The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low- level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. Show less

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The Future Is History

How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

by Gessen, Masha

Book - 2017

The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy. The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy. Show less

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