Bloodlands

A Journey into the Heart of Darkness

"Bloodlands" is one of those rare books that instantly changes the perspective on history. Translated into over forty languages worldwide, its title has even entered everyday language. Timothy Snyder brings together what had previously been viewed separately and seemed to have little in common: the murder of 14 million people who had to die in the name of different ideologies, whose violent deaths had a striking commonality: they all died within the same timeframe in the same region. This region encompasses a historical area that includes Western Russia, Belarus, Poland, the Baltic States, and Ukraine. Even today, an extremely brutal war is being waged in precisely this region, unlike anything Europe has seen since 1945. Russia is waging war against Ukraine in the name of Putin's ideology, supported by Belarus. Anyone trying to understand why this blood-soaked land, the "Bloodlands," continues to be a site of large-scale violent crimes and why each country tells the story of these crimes differently to this day must read this brilliant book, whose author has predicted Putin's course for many years.

The most important international historical book for understanding the situation in Belarus, Poland, Western Russia, and Ukraine. Translated into forty languages.