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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... Women out and about . Print supplied by Mystetstvo . See also Kyiv . vchora , 86 . 155 20. Police patrol . Print supplied by Mystetstvo . 156 21. " Downtown . " Print supplied by Mystetstvo . 168 22. Gorodetsky House . Print supplied by ...
... woman , came to my Kiev hotel room one night to implore that I stop asking ques- tions of the local Intourist guide about the city's history . Although my questions had been nonpolitical and inoffensive , she tearfully explained that ...
... women of Kiev wear boots ; in summer they walk about barefoot . At the slightest rain or thaw the city becomes impass- able ; in summer the dust is unbearable.1 Catherine was not without her prejudices , one of which was a great dislike ...
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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 |