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Ukraine Diaries

Andrey Kurkov, Sam Taylor

From Shelf: Understanding Ukraine and Russia

Going beyond the headlines, this title gives an insight into what it's like to live through - and try to make sense of - times of intense political unrest.

Acclaimed author Andrey Kurkov gives powerful insight into life in Kyiv following the 2013 protests and before the 2022 Russian invasion.-16 DegreesC, sunlight, silence. I drove the children to school, then went to see the revolution. I walked between the tents. Talked with rev olutionaries. They were weary today. The air was thick with the smell of old campfires. Ukraine Diaries is acclaimed writer Andrey Kurkov's first-hand account of the ongoing crisis in his country. From his flat in Kyiv, just five hundred yards from Independence Square, Kurkov can smell the burning barricades and hear the sounds of grenades and gunshot. 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 Yanukovych, 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, on the path to the current crisis.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
272
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
ISBN:
9781846559471
Published Date:
31/7/2014
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm x 20mm
Weight:
237g
Category:
Diaries, letters & journals

RRP: £12.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781846559471

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