Zaporizhzhia Region Illustrated Encyclopedia 2006 – Ukrainian & English

Запорізька область. Ілюстрована енциклопедія / Zaporizhia Region: Illustrated Encyclopedia

The first illustrated encyclopedia ever devoted to a single region of Ukraine, published in Zaporizhzhia in 2006. Ukrainian text with English translations throughout, and hundreds of colour photographs, archival images and maps. It covers the steppe and Azov coast nature, the Scythians, the Zaporozhian Sich and Cossacks, the Makhno movement, the building of the Dnieper hydroelectric dam (DniproHES), the famine and repressions of the 1930s, the Second World War, and the architecture and industry of the region. Today it is also a valuable pre-war visual record of Zaporizhzhia, Melitopol, Berdiansk and the surrounding towns.

DETAILS

• Publisher: Dyke Pole (Dikoe Pole), Zaporizhzhia, 2006
• ISBN: 966-8132-86-6
• Editorial board headed by Yevgen Chervonenko
• Book One: Nature, History; Book Two: Architecture & Town Building, Economics
• 236 + 164 pages, richly illustrated in colour, with a double-page map of the region
• Language: Ukrainian and English (bilingual title pages, contents, chapters and captions)
• Format: large hardcover, gilt lettering and regional coat of arms on the cover

CONDITION

Very good condition. Clean covers with only minimal shelf wear, firm binding, clean bright pages. Please review all photos carefully for the exact condition.

You will receive the exact item shown in the photos.