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Ukraine Diaries

by Andrey Kurkov · 2014

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Kurkov's diaries begin on the first day of the pro-European protests in November 2013, and describe the violent clashes in the Maidan, the impeachment of Yanukovcyh, Russia's annexation of Crimea and the separatist uprisings in the east of Ukraine. Going beyond the headlines, they give vivid insight into what it's like to live through - and try to make sense of - times of intense political unrest.

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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this21st century21st centuryMore like thisLess of thisRussiaRussiaMore like thisLess of thisEastern EuropeEastern EuropeMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 272 pages

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