Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Ch. I. The Early History of Kiev -- Ch. II. The Growth of Metropolitan Kiev -- Ch. III. Polish Kiev -- Ch. IV. Ukrainians in Russian Kiev -- Ch. V. Jewish Kiev -- Ch. VI. Recreation, the Arts, and Popular Culture in Kiev -- Ch. VII. The Promise of Change: Kiev in 1905 -- Ch. VIII. The Promise Shattered: The October Pogrom -- Ch. IX. The Final Years of Romanov Kiev |
Summary |
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 ex |
Analysis |
Ukraine History, 1793-1917 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-286) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Geschichte 1800-1917.
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SUBJECT |
Kyïv (Ukraine) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072293
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Subject |
Ukraine -- Kyïv
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Kiew
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Kiev (Ukraine) -- Histoire.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781400851515 |
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1400851513 |
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9780691025858 |
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0691025851 |
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