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X-WR-CALDESC:Join the Indiana Free Library's newest book club as we read ar
 ound the world!\nEach month we'll be traveling somewhere new through books
  and discussion (Sometimes maybe even a snack or two.)\n\nWe will be readi
 ng The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy\nBooks are a
 vailable for checkout in the Library.\nFor more information\, please conta
 ct Elin at elinthelibrarian@gmail.com\n\nDESCRIPTION BELOW -\nUkraine is c
 urrently embroiled in a tense fight with Russia to preserve its territoria
 l integrity and political independence. But today's conflict is only the l
 atest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's territory and its existe
 nce as a sovereign nation. As the award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy ar
 gues in The Gates of Europe\, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to u
 nderstand its present and future.\n\nSituated between Central Europe\, Rus
 sia\, and the Middle East\, Ukraine was shaped by the empires that used it
  as a strategic gateway between East and West—from the Roman and Ottoman e
 mpires to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. For centuries\, Ukraine ha
 s been a meeting place of various cultures. The mixing of sedentary and no
 madic peoples and Christianity and Islam on the steppe borderland produced
  the class of ferocious warriors known as the Cossacks\, for example\, whi
 le the encounter between the Catholic and Orthodox churches created a reli
 gious tradition that bridges Western and Eastern Christianity. Ukraine has
  also been a home to millions of Jews\, serving as the birthplace of Hassi
 dism—and as one of the killing fields of the Holocaust.\n\nPlokhy examines
  the history of Ukraine's search for its identity through the lives of the
  major figures in Ukrainian history: Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kyiv\, wh
 ose daughter Anna became queen of France\; the Cossack ruler Ivan Mazepa\,
  who was immortalized in the poems of Byron and Pushkin\; Nikita Khrushche
 v and his protege-turned-nemesis Leonid Brezhnev\, who called Ukraine thei
 r home\; and the heroes of the Maidan protests of 2013 and 2014\, who embo
 dy the current struggle over Ukraine's future.\n\nAs Plokhy explains\, tod
 ay's crisis is a tragic case of history repeating itself\, as Ukraine once
  again finds itself in the center of the battle of global proportions. An 
 authoritative history of this vital country\, The Gates of Europe provides
  a unique insight into the origins of the most dangerous international cri
 sis since the end of the Cold War.\n
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Indiana Free Library's newest book club as we read aro
 und the world!\nEach month we'll be traveling somewhere new through books 
 and discussion (Sometimes maybe even a snack or two.)\n\nWe will be readin
 g The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy\nBooks are av
 ailable for checkout in the Library.\nFor more information\, please contac
 t Elin at elinthelibrarian@gmail.com\n\nDESCRIPTION BELOW -\nUkraine is cu
 rrently embroiled in a tense fight with Russia to preserve its territorial
  integrity and political independence. But today's conflict is only the la
 test in a long history of battles over Ukraine's territory and its existen
 ce as a sovereign nation. As the award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy arg
 ues in The Gates of Europe\, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to un
 derstand its present and future.\n\nSituated between Central Europe\, Russ
 ia\, and the Middle East\, Ukraine was shaped by the empires that used it 
 as a strategic gateway between East and West—from the Roman and Ottoman em
 pires to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. For centuries\, Ukraine has
  been a meeting place of various cultures. The mixing of sedentary and nom
 adic peoples and Christianity and Islam on the steppe borderland produced 
 the class of ferocious warriors known as the Cossacks\, for example\, whil
 e the encounter between the Catholic and Orthodox churches created a relig
 ious tradition that bridges Western and Eastern Christianity. Ukraine has 
 also been a home to millions of Jews\, serving as the birthplace of Hassid
 ism—and as one of the killing fields of the Holocaust.\n\nPlokhy examines 
 the history of Ukraine's search for its identity through the lives of the 
 major figures in Ukrainian history: Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kyiv\, who
 se daughter Anna became queen of France\; the Cossack ruler Ivan Mazepa\, 
 who was immortalized in the poems of Byron and Pushkin\; Nikita Khrushchev
  and his protege-turned-nemesis Leonid Brezhnev\, who called Ukraine their
  home\; and the heroes of the Maidan protests of 2013 and 2014\, who embod
 y the current struggle over Ukraine's future.\n\nAs Plokhy explains\, toda
 y's crisis is a tragic case of history repeating itself\, as Ukraine once 
 again finds itself in the center of the battle of global proportions. An a
 uthoritative history of this vital country\, The Gates of Europe provides 
 a unique insight into the origins of the most dangerous international cris
 is since the end of the Cold War.\n
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LOCATION:Second floor of the Library - Community Room
SUMMARY:Read Around the World Book Club
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