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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... Language , 1897 104 4.3 Province of Birth of Kievans in 1897 , Excluding Kiev Province 104 5.1 Income - Producing Property Ownership in Kiev , 1913 131 PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION SINCE Kiev : A Portrait List of Illustrations and ...
... languages . In the interest of general readability , wherever possible I avoid using Slavic words in the text . Thus , " province " is used instead of guberniia ; " nobleman " instead of ... language publications ( in this case Preface xiii.
A Portrait, 1800-1917 Michael F. Hamm. monly in English - language publications ( in this case , Vladimir ) . I use the original Russian name for Kiev's university ( St. Vladimir ) , for the name did not survive the revolution , and as ...
... language , and the inadequacy of the city's welfare institutions . Newspapers pub- lished statistics , some of them official , some compiled by local reporters . As time passed , the number of city newspapers increased , and coverage of ...
... language , religion , and dynastic ties , be- came independent of one another , the territorial base of Kievan Rus shrank and its power declined accordingly . Kiev itself was sacked in 1169 and 1203.8 In 1240 the city of Kiev was ...
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 |