Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917In 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. |
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... Culture in Kiev 135 CHAPTER VII The Promise of Change : Kiev in 1905 173 CHAPTER VIII The Promise Shattered : The October Pogrom 189 CHAPTER IX The Final Years of Romanov Kiev 208 Conclusion 223 Notes Bibliography Index 237 273 287 ...
... cultural production , and a deteriorating standard of living . Responding with apathy , many Kievans refused to vote in the November 1994 elec- tions , rendering the results invalid in sixteen of eighteen voting districts . Political ...
... culture , for example , includes discussions of burgher attempts to de- fend the autonomy provided them in medieval times by the Magdeburg Rights ; the policies and priorities of the propertied elite empowered by the tsars to manage ...
... culture and eco- nomic life , and Polish national goals were a prominent concern of Kiev authorities , at least until the insurrection of 1863. After long periods of exclusion , Jews reestablished a sizable community in the city under ...
... culture and were probably too few in number to bring about important changes in native ways . ” He notes , however , that “ either by politically organizing the Slavs over whom they gained control or by posing a threat and forcing the ...
Contents
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CHAPTER III Polish Kiev | 55 |
CHAPTER IV Ukrainians in Russian Kiev | 82 |
CHAPTER V Jewish Kiev | 117 |
CHAPTER VI Recreation the Arts and Popular Culture in Kiev | 135 |
Kiev in 1905 | 173 |
The October Pogrom | 189 |
CHAPTER IX The Final Years of Romanov Kiev | 208 |
Conclusion | 223 |
Notes | 237 |
Bibliography | 273 |
Index | 287 |