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100			_aAdrian Karatnycky
245			_a Battleground Ukraine : from independence to the war with Russia/Adrian Karatnycky _cAdrian Karatnycky
250			_a2024.
260			_a New Haven: _bYale University Press, _c2024.
300			_a346 Pages.
504			_aIndex.
520			_a"In 1991, after seventy years of imperial Soviet rule, Ukraine became an independent country. Since 2022, it has been fighting an existential war against an unprovoked, brutal, and ongoing invasion by Russia. At the center of its resistance is the resilience of a united people. Ukraine expert Adrian Karatnycky provides an eyewitness account of the history of the modern Ukrainian state and of the nation through the tenures of the six presidents who have led Ukraine since the collapse of the USSR, including Volodymyr Zelensky. Karatnycky shows how--despite the influence of corrupt oligarchs, pressures from Russia, and the legacies of Soviet rule--an inclusive and united Ukrainian nation has emerged that inspires the world as it defends the principle that states and peoples have the right to their national sovereignty."
546			_aIn Ebnglish.
563			_aH.B.
600			_aUkraine Politics and government 1991-2014
942			_2ddc _cBook
999			_c2195426 _d2195401