The Long Breakup

Overview

Ukrainian journalist Katya Soldak, currently living in New York City and working for Forbes magazine, chronicles Ukraine's history: its strong ties to Russia for centuries; how it broke away from the USSR and began to walk alone; the Orange Revolution, the Maidan Revolution, the Crimea annexation, the Donbass War; all through the eyes of her family and friends settled in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city located just eighteen miles from the Russian border.

Directed by Katya Soldak

Top cast

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Katya Soldak

Self - Journalist

Timothy Snyder

Self - Historian

Serhiy Zhadan

Self - Writer

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Eric Potapov

Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

Viktor Yushchenko

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Viktor Yanukovych

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Yulia Tymoshenko

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Petro Poroshenko

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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