Book for review in Ab Imperio: Serhiy Bilenky. Laboratory of Modernity: Ukraine between Empire and Nation, 1772–1914. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press and Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies, 2023. 596 pp., ill. Bibliographic Essay. Index. ISBN: 978-0-280-1757-8. Please order the review copy at https://sites.google.com/site/us/abimperio.combooks/books-for-review
Book for review in Ab Imperio: Serhiy Bilenky. Laboratory of Modernity: Ukraine between Empire and Nation, 1772–1914. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press and Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies, 2023. 596 pp., ill. Bibliographic Essay. Index. ISBN: 978-0-280-1757-8. Please order the review copy at https://sites.google.com/site/us/abimperio.combooks/books-for-review
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