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Voice of America: Book burning in Ukraine stokes controversy about history
On Sunday, Russian nationalists in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, home to Russia's Black Sea Fleet, threw Ukrainian history textbooks into boxes at the foot of a local monument to Russian empress Catherine the Great. The books were to be turned int

Voice of America: Book burning in Ukraine stokes controversy about history

Mar 18, 2010 at 08:16
Peter Fedynsky writes from Moscow: Russian nationalists in Crimea have burned Ukrainian history textbooks to protest what they say are distortions of the past by the administration of former President Viktor Yushchenko. The recent transfer of power in Kyiv has raised hope among Russian nationalists and fear among Ukrainians. Read the story here.

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