A collection of interviews that reflects the changing face of the Ukraine, the second largest Soviet republic. The interviews demonstrate the transformation the Ukraine has gone through since the early stages of perestroika.

The beginnings of the Ukrainian popular front - an interview with Pavlo Moychan; Vechirnii Kyiv, the voice of perestroika in Ukraine - an interview with Vitalii Karpenko; little Russianism and the Ukrainian-Russian relationship - an interview with Mykola Ryabchuk; language, culture, and the search for a Ukrainian hero - an interview with Yurii Pokal'chuk; the current situation in Ukraine - a round-table discussion with "Rukh" chairman Ivan Drach; Ukraine and Poland - an interview with Adam Michnik; the democratization process in Ukraine - an interview with Anatolii Pohribnyi; filling in the "blank spots" in Ukrainian history - an interview with Stanislav V. Kul'chyts'kyi; ferment in Western Ukraine - an interview with Rostyslav Bratun; Roman Szporkluk and Valerii Tishkov talk about the national question; inside Ukrainian politics - an interview with Dmytro Pavlychko; Ukraine, Russia, and the national question - an interview with Aleksandr Tsipko; an insider's view of Chernobyl - an interview with Yurii Risovanny; the Communist Party and the political situation in Ukraine - an interview with Stanislav Hurenko; Ukrainian-Jewish relations - an interview with Oleksandr Burakovs'kyi.