From Library Journal Coauthored by a writer of Ukrainian ancestry and
another of Ukrainian nativity, this unusual combination of language instruction,
sightseeing guide, and travel survival kit works by keeping it simple. Useful to
all visitors, especially those visiting family.
This invaluable guide takes you beyond borsch, Bolsheviks and the Bolshoi to
unveil cultural treasures, fast- moving cities, and vast, empty landscapes in a
region that stretches halfway around the world.
124 detailed maps, including metro maps
special food & drink section - more than just vodka
The Invisible Light, December 14, 2000 ...a detailed reference
book and moving account of the events surrounding this tradegy...an excellent
book, highly recommended.
From Library Journal Now the capital of independent Ukraine, Kiev has
had a long and varied history. The center of Russian national development during
medieval times (Kievan Rus), it was one of the great European cities until the
Mongol juggernaut of A.D. 1240 reduced it to obscure backwater status for almost
600 years.
Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union
From the Publisher How could Gorbachev and his advisers have
misjudged the condition of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s? How
unrealistic was their sense of what the Soviet bloc represented at that time?
How did the leaders of the Soviet state perceive the problem of the
nationalities in the USSR...