Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine

"تداعی زیبای نوشته شده از گذشته بی رحمانه اوکراین و تلاش های لرزان آن برای ساختن آینده ای بهتر."—فایننشال تایمز

اوکراین گرفتار یک بحران خونین است که ده‌ها هزار نفر را کشته، میلیون‌ها نفر را آواره کرده است و سیاست‌های انرژی و معماری امنیتی جهان را متحول کرده است. همانطور که آنا رید، روزنامه‌نگار مشهور در Borderland نشان می‌دهد، این درگیری جدیدترین درگیری است. اوکراین بیش از هفت قرن یک سرزمین مرزی و میدان جنگ بوده است، از حمله مغول در سال 1240 تا اعتراضات میدان در سال 2014 - و البته، حمله ویرانگر روسیه در سال 2022. 

“A beautifully written evocation of Ukraine's brutal past and its shaky efforts to construct a better future.”—Financial Times

Ukraine is gripped in a bloody crisis that has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and is transforming the world’s energy policies and security architecture. As celebrated journalist Anna Reid shows in Borderland, this conflict is the latest of many. Ukraine has been a borderland, and a battlefield, for more than seven centuries, from the Mongol invasion of 1240 to the Maidan protests of 2014—and, of course, the devastating Russian invasion of 2022. 

In this penetrating book, Reid combines research and her own experiences to chart Ukraine’s tragic past and uncertain future. Talking to peasants and politicians, rabbis and racketeers, dissidents and paramilitaries, survivors of Stalin’s famine and of Nazi labor camps, she reveals the layers of myth and propaganda that wrap this divided land. From the Polish churches of Lviv to the coal mines of the Donbass to the Tatar shantytowns of Crimea, the book explores Ukraine’s struggle to build itself a national identity. Updated to include firsthand material from the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war, Borderland is essential reading for anyone looking to understand Ukraine and how its history is shaping its destiny.