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Russia\u2019s aggression against its neighbor Ukraine has dominated world news for the past couple of months. As images and videos of explosions, tanks, ruined buildings, dead bodies, soldiers, and refugees are broadcasted around the world, the eyes of the world are on both countries, which have a complicated history. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine and Russia have had a tenuous relationship that at times have become testy and heated. The growing distrust over the years and the bullying by one country against the other in the recent past ultimately resulted in the war that is happening now between the two nations.<\/p>\n

We know a lot more about Russia than we do about Ukraine, partly due to the former\u2019s long history with the United States and its superpower status. Ukraine\u2019s sudden thrust onto the international stage early this year has certainly increased interest in the country. There is a need to know more about its history, geography, culture, and people to better understand the current conflict unfolding there. Here are 15 books about Ukraine and its history with Russia.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>From “the Ukraine” to Ukraine: A Contemporary History, 1991-2021<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Matthew Rojansky and Georgiy Kasianov<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Bor<\/strong><\/em>derland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Anna Reid<\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>The <\/strong><\/em>Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Serhii Plokhy<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Ukraine’s Revolt, Russia’s Revenge<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Christopher Smith<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Ukraine-Russia: War Diary Why Chernobyl First?<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Peter Reinherdt<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Angela Stent<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Roots of Russia’s War in Ukraine<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Elizabeth Wood et al.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Anne Applebaum<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post-Cold War Order<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Rajan Menon and Eugene Rumer<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Ukraine Over the Edge<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Gordon Hahn<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Lessons From the Edge: A Memoir<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Maria Yovanovitch<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Ukraine Diaries<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Andrey Kurkov<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>In Wartime: Stories From Ukraine<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Tim Judah<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>I’ll Never Change My Name: An Immigrant’s American Dream From Ukraine to the U.S.A. to Dancing with the Stars<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Valentin Chmerkovskiy<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Blue Skies<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
\nby Kat Rose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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