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Infobase’s On Demand Streaming Video Platform: The Long Breakup (Item #240143)
This program explores Ukraine’s struggle to escape Russia’s embrace, leave its Soviet past behind, and become a truly independent country. Katya Soldak, a Ukrainian-American journalist specializing in the post-Soviet region, tells the story of her home country as it exits the USSR, works through two revolutions, and endures a war with Russia—all through the eyes of her family and friends. The Long Breakup offers insight into what it’s like for an immigrant to watch her country go through crises from afar. In HD.
The Long Breakup is available through:
- Classroom Video On Demand for middle and high schools
- Access Video On Demand for public libraries
- Films On Demand for college and university libraries.
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Plus, find additional titles to add context and background (available in all three On Demand collections unless otherwise noted), such as:
- Marketplace Russia (Item #183747)
- The Most Powerful Man in the World (Item #183757)
- Ukraine: Republic of Nowhere (Item #110325; available in Access Video On Demand and Films On Demand)
- In Spring (Item #160533; available in World Cinema Collection)
- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Item #162991; available in Classroom Video On Demand and Films On Demand)
- Freedom or Death (Item #118321)
- Ukraine: Moscow Rules (Item #58235; available in Access Video On Demand and Films On Demand)
- In the Crossfire of Ukraine/Russia Conflict, an Industrial Plant Fights to Survive (3/31/18) (Item #162832; available in Access Video On Demand and Films On Demand)
- Breaking Point (Item #195793; available in Access Video On Demand and Films On Demand)
- Putin’s Games with the West (#241221; available in Access Video On Demand and Films On Demand)
- Putin’s Way (#114692; available in Access Video On Demand and Films On Demand)
- Russia: Ten Years After the Fall of the Soviet Union series (Item #11032)
Watch our exclusive interview with Katya Soldak about her movie, The Long Breakup!
U.S.–Russian Relations: A Featured Controversy from Issues & Controversies
Should the United States take a more aggressive stance toward Russia? Be sure to check out Issues & Controversies’ complete and unbiased coverage of this divisive issue. Issues & Controversies is a researcher’s first step toward understanding and being able to write about and discuss today’s most important topics. Look for the newly published pro/con article, which will be updated as events unfold: U.S.–Russian Relations: Should the United States Take a More Aggressive Stance Toward Russia?
This original, full-length, pro/con article includes:
- Historical and contemporary maps, graphs, and images
- New primary sources, including speeches by Putin, Bush, Obama, Cheney, and Gorbachev as well U.S intelligence reports and related materials.
- Related media items, including videos from the Open to Debate Foundation and audio files from NPR’s Fresh Air.
- More than 100 recent editorials from dozens of newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, Jerusalem (Israel) Post, Houston Chronicle, Forbes, Dallas Morning Journal, USAToday, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Charlotte Observer.
- Breaking news stories from Reuters®.
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World News Digest: Russia Invades Ukraine
In our age of information overload, World News Digest features concise, original, clearly written news summaries that provide indispensable context and perspective on critical current events. Find “Russia Invades Ukraine”—a special feature on the crisis in Ukraine with news articles, social media reactions, and related videos, editorial cartoons, and infographics—at the top of the home page, along with a link to the latest Ukraine updates.
Polling the Nations: Public Opinion and Polls on Russia, Ukraine, and More
Polling the Nations brings together thousands of polls, giving students the tools they need to investigate, analyze, and think critically about the important challenges facing the world. Look for new poll questions on Russia, Ukraine, Vladmir Putin, NATO, and U.S.-Russian relations.
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