JW3, Thurs 1 Dec

UKRAINE 1945-91: The Soviet Years

A shorter synopsis than usual but covering nearly half a century of Soviet repression.

• Immediate aftermath of World War Two: Chaos

• Stalin in total control: Repression and worse

• Khrushchev and the addition of The Crimea (1954)

• Towards the collapse of The Soviet Union

• Towards freedom - at last?

Last train to Vienna by Rudolph Chelminski

The Last Empire by Serhii Plokhy