Kiev : a portrait, 1800-1917
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Kiev : a portrait, 1800-1917
Princeton University Press, 1995, c1993
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"4th printing, and 1st paperback printing, with new preface, 1995"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-286) and index
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Description
In a fascinating "urban biography," Michael Hamm tells the story of one of Europe's most diverse cities and its distinctive mix of Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, and Jewish inhabitants. A splendid urban center in medieval times, Kiev became a major metropolis in late Imperial Russia, and is now the capital of independent Ukraine. After a concise account of Kiev's early history, Hamm focuses on the city's dramatic growth in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first historian to analyze how each of Kiev's ethnic groups contributed to the vitality of the city's culture, he also examines the violent conflicts that developed among them. In vivid detail, he shows why Kiev came to be known for its "abundance of revolutionaries" and its anti-Semitic violence.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations and TablesPrefaceCh. IThe Early History of Kiev3Ch. IIThe Growth of Metropolitan Kiev18Ch. IIIPolish Kiev55Ch. IVUkrainians in Russian Kiev82Ch. VJewish Kiev117Ch. VIRecreation, the Arts, and Popular Culture in Kiev135Ch. VIIThe Promise of Change: Kiev in 1905173Ch. VIIIThe Promise Shattered: The October Pogrom189Ch. IXThe Final Years of Romanov Kiev208Conclusion223Notes237Bibliography273Index287
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