TORONTO – The one opinion of Serhii Plokhy’s new book “The Last Empire: the Final Days of the Soviet Union” with which all reviewers agree is that, as Anne Applebaum wrote, it’s “an indispensable guide to the tensions and rivalries of the present.” It has been hailed as an “extraordinarily well timed book” (Slate magazine) … Continue reading Plokhy wins 2015 Lionel Gelber Prize for “The Last Empire”