Books and Movies about Ukraine

[leonidas]

Ukrainians say that a good book is the best gift ever. You can gift it to someone or you can always gift it to yourself and later gift it to someone else. J Then a good question will be: "Is there anything to read about Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe?" I can recommend a couple of books for both intellectually stimulating and leisure reading (click here for direct links to movies and books).

Let's start with intellectually stimulating books:

1. Awesome book about History of Ukraine by Orest SubtelnyUkraine: A History.
2. State-Building by Verena Fritz
3. The Strategy of Campaigning by Skinner, Kudelia, de Mesquita and Condolezza Rice
4. How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy by Anders Aslund
5. Media, Democracy, and Freedom by Marta Dyczok

Now leisure reading:

1. Always #1 is Everything is Illuminated. Or you can watch a movie Everything is Illuminated. Since I mentioned movies, you should really watch Eastern Promises. This movie is the best foreign depiction of the Russian underworld.
2. The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner. It's very funny. A book mentions Ukraine together with Moldova briefly.

If you know more English-based books or movies about Ukraine, please, let me know