The reprint edition is dedicated to the years 1919-1939, a difficult period in the history of Ukraine, when the country moved from the chaos of the civil war to the chaos and terror of Bolshevik rule. Among the topics covered: "artel" and "community" associations, the process of organising Bolshevik power, Ukrainian political parties within the Bolshevik system, the church, NEP, Ukrainisation, and much more.