Ukraine and Russia: Representations of the Past

by Serhii Plokhy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442628456
• ISBN13: 9781442628458
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"