The Long Breakup

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.

Cast

Katya Soldak

as Self - Journalist

Timothy Snyder

as Self - Historian

Serhiy Zhadan

as Self - Writer

Mikhail Gorbachev

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Eric Potapov

as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

Viktor Yushchenko

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Viktor Yanukovych

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Yulia Tymoshenko

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

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