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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ukrainian territory was fought over by various factions after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the First World War, which added the collapse of Austria-Hungary to that of the Imperial Russia. The crumbling of the empires had a great effect on the Ukrainian nationalist movement and in the short period of four years a number of Ukrainian governments sprung up. This period was characterized by optimism and nation-building, as well as chaos and civil war. It ended in 1921, with the territory of modern-day Ukraine divided between Soviet Ukraine (which would become a constituent republic of the Soviet Union) and Poland, with small regions belonging to Czechoslovakia and Romania. ... Read more

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Dnipropetrovsk , translit. Dnipropetrovs?k is Ukraine's third largest city with 1.1 million inhabitants. There is also another name for the city - Sicheslav. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country. Dnipropetrovsk is the administrative center of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province). Within the Dnipropetrovsk Metropolitan area there are 1,860,000 people (2001). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Zaporozhian Cossackswere Cossacks who lived in Zaporozhia, in Central Ukraine. The Zaporozhian Host grew rapidly in the 15th century by serfs fleeing the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth.The name Zaporozhtsi comes from the location of their fortress, the Sich, in Zaporozhzhia, the ?land beyond the rapids?.During the course of the 16th, 17th and well into the 18th centuries the Zaporozhian Cossacks became a strong political and military force that challenged the authority of Poland-Lithuania, the Ottoman Empire and its vassal the Crimean Khanate, and the Tsardom of Russia. The Host went through a series of conflicts and alliances involving the three powers before being forcibly disbanded in the late 18th century by the Russian Empire. ... Read more

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Chapters: Zhovti Vody, Verkhnodniprovsk, Pavlohrad, Ternivka, Petrykivka, Novomoskovsk, Ukraine, Marhanets, Ordzhonikidze, Ukraine, Verkhivtseve, Ternovka Crater, Piatykhatky, Apostolove, Pershotravensk, Pidhorodne, Synelnykove, Vilnohirsk, Pereschepyne. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ternovka is a meteorite crater in Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast). It is 11 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 280 ± 10 million years (Permian). The crater is not exposed at the surface. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6862735 ... Read more

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Chapters: Borzna, Sosnytsia, Oster, Bakhmach, Kobyzhcha, Pryluky, Varva, Ukraine, Horodnia, Liubech, Bobrovytsia, Sudost River, Mena, Ukraine, Oster River, Koriukivka, Ichnia, Korop, Snov River, Shchors, Semenivka, Nosivka,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Borzna (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine and an administrative center of Borznyanskyi Raion (Borzna District). It is home to 11,707 people, according to the 2001 census. The city derives its name from the river it lies on. Although Borzna has no railway (the nearest railway stations being Doch (14 km/9 mi) with north-south routes and Plysky (20 km/12 mi) with west-east routes), it is located next to an international highway connecting Kiev and Moscow (E101). Chernihiv is about 100 km (62 mi) away. While the city benefits from vast farming lands surrounding it, it also has a metalwork and electronic chips plant, a brick factory, a lumber-processing factory, and a food industry. Among its educational institutions, there is an Agricultural Technical College, Panteleimon Kulish Gymnasium, and Khrystyna Alchevska secondary school, as well as a musical school. Borzna has a concert hall (The House of Culture), Museum of Oleksandr Sayenko (an original artist who, despite being deaf and dumb, gained prominence by inventing his own technique of creating pictures out of straw), Museum of History, and an historical-memorial complex Hannyna Pustyn (commemorating a famous Ukrainian writer and activist of the 19th century Panteleimon Kulish and a peasant life writer Hanna Barvinok, husband and wife) which is a ten-minute drive away in the nearby village of Motronivka. The local newspaper the Visti Borznyanshchyny ("The Borzna Herald") is published twice a week. The local ...http://booksllc.net/?id=6874737 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Pontic Olbia (Ancient Greek: Ὀλβία Ποντική) or Olvia is the site of a colony founded by the Milesians on the shores of the Southern Bug estuary (Ὕπανις, Hypanis), opposite Berezan Island. Its harbour was one of the main emporia on the Black Sea for the export of cereals, fish, and slaves to Greece, and for the import of Attic goods to Scythia. The triangular site of the Greek colony covers the area of fifty hectares. The lower town (now largerly submerged by the Bug) was occupied chiefly by the dockyards and the houses of artisans. The upper town was a main residential quarter, composed of square blocks and centered on the agora with temples scattered in the vicinity. The town was ringed by a stone wall with towers. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The network of Roads in Ukraine consists of three major classes: the European importance, the State importance, and the Local importance. The European importance roads are the International E-road network of roads that run throughout the European continent (including the British Isles), Middle Asia, and Caucasus mountains. The roads of the State importance in Ukraine are subdivided into three categories: International (M-network), National (H-network), and Regional (P-network). The letter's indexes are of the Cyrillic alphabet standing for they respective abbreviation in the Ukrainian language. International Highways (Ukraine) - are the roads in Ukraine on the route involving international transport corridors and/or highways that are part of the European network of basic, intermediate, and the roads connecting branches and a corresponding international indexing (numbering), and provide the international road transport. The total length of 23 routes international roads in Ukraine is 8,080.1 km (5,020.7 mi). ... Read more

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Chapters: Spa Towns in Ukraine, Khmilnyk, Myrhorod, Truskavets, Morshyn, Svaliava, Gaspra. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Khmilnyk -The town was first mentioned in writing in 1362. Prince Algirdas gathered a large army for the Battle of Blue Waters, in which he defeated Kotlubug, Kachubej, and Dmytro, who owned Podillia. The town includes an island which served as a hiding place for raiders during the Tatar invasions. This island was called Khmilnyk for the hop plants which grew there in abundance; in Ukrainian, "khmilnyk" means hop garden). Khmilnyk is situated not far from "Black way", the road often used by Tatar hordes. In 1434, Khmilnyk became part of Poland's Khmilnyk district of Podillia province. After the town got the Magdeburg rights in 1448, different crafts and trade grew. Poland considered Khmilnyk to be an advanced post of its possessions, so the town was strengthened. In 1534, the Polish king fortified the town with a stone wall with towers and a castle. After the Brest union in 1596, oppression of the local inhabitants grew, which caused rebellions against the gentry. In 1594, Khmilnyk was captured by Cossack detachments of Severyn Nalyvajko. In 1637, the Cossacks returned with Pavlyuk as their leader. In the period of the Khmelnytsky Uprising (16481654), rebellious detachments of Khmilnyk people joined the army of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Maksym Kryvonis captured the castle. More than once, the town was the place of battles between Cossacks and gentry armies. As a result, the town was devastated. In 16721699, Khmilnyk was possessed by the Turks. They fortified the castle, built a mosque, and made secret passages. Endless battles between Turks and Poles resulted in the decay of crafts, and the town's population shrank. In 1699, K...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6388064 ... Read more

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Following the dismantling of the old Soviet Union, the new Republics have formed a loose Commonwealth. This book looks at Byelorussia, Ukraine and Moldavia and details their history and development. ... Read more

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This book discusses how in the course of the 1990s in both Russia and Ukraine, political power came to be exercised by economic élites who pursued a policy of pragmatism in international relations. Besides showing how this in turn affected relations between the two countries, the book also casts much light on the way in which democraticization and market reforms have taken place in these two key post-socialist countries. ... Read more

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This travel book is part of a series inviting young readers to explore the six continents. Each title includes a survey of the country's history, geography, culture, government, industry, agriculture, place in the world and a suggestion of what the future may hold. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Odessa Oblast, also written as Odesa Oblastis an oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Odessa.The evidence of the earliest inhabitants in this area comes from the settlements and burial grounds of the Neolithic Gumelni?a, Cucuteni-Trypillian and Usatovo cultures, as well as tumuli and hoards of the Bronze Age Proto-Indo-Europeans. In the 1st millennium B.C. the Milesian Greeks built colonies along the North Black Sea Coast, including the towns of Olbia, Tyras, Niconium, Panticapaeum, and Chersonesus. The Greeks left behind painted vessels, ceramics, sculptures, inscriptions, arts and crafts that indicate the prosperity of their ancient civilization. ... Read more

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This book explains what happened at Chernobyl and why as well as the impact it had on the surrounding area. Through primary source material - including eye-witness and second-hand accounts - presents historical evidence of different viewpoints of the accident and the pro and con debates which surround nuclear energy. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Excellent overview on the pros and cons of nuclear power
My father-in-law was a nuclear physicist, my father and brother engineers for the US gov't. I found this book to be excellent background for laymen. I am not an engineer-merely an author, reader and dentist. This book has become required reading for my kids and nieces.

An ok book
This book hits some good points.It has alot of good things to say and it would be great for a kid just starting to read.It talks about the shear devastation that handling accidents with nucleur power and some day how we will be able to handle nuclear energy better.So I think this is a goodbook to read. ... Read more