This book contains a brief and systemized look at the history of costumes in Ukraine from the times of the Scythians up to the end of the 17th century.

“A beautifully written evocation of Ukraine's brutal past and its shaky efforts to construct a better future.”—Financial Times Borderland tells the story

Ukraine's struggle for a national identity plagued this former Soviet Union state long before the Cold War shook the world. Its central location between Eastern