Kyiv, Ukraine : the city of domes and demons from the collapse of socialism to the mass uprising of 2013-2014 / Roman Adrian Cybriwsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cybriwsky, Roman A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kyïv (Ukraine)--History--20th century.

Kyïv (Ukraine).

Kyïv (Ukraine)--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Kyiv, Ukraine is a pioneering case study of urban change from socialism to the hard edge of a market economy after the Soviet collapse. It looks in detail at the changing social geography of the city, and on critical problems such as corruption, social inequality, sex tourism, and destruction of historical ambience by greedy developers. The book is based on fieldwork and an insider's knowledge of the city, and is engagingly written. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Far from Heaven 29

1.1 A Curious Face 29

1.2 Graffito 31

1.3 A New American 31

1.4 Domes and Demons 33

1.5 A Changing City 35

1.6 Angry Citizens 38

1.7 Linking to the Literature 45

1.8 Postsocialist Urbanism 52

2 The Missing Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv 57

2.1 Life in Limbo 57

2.2 An Imperium of Raiders 60

2.3 Theater at Teatralna 62

2.4 A Dubious Home 65

3 Sketches from the Capital 69

3.1 Castle Hill 69

3.2 Notes from Euro 2012 73

3.3 Monumental Woes 77

3.4 Demons at Desiatynna 80

3.5 The Ukrainian Fight Club 84

3.6 A Missing Mayor 89

3.7 A Geography of the President 91

3.8 Helipad from Hell 98

4 Soviet Ways, Post-Soviet Days 103

4.1 Looking after Lenin 103

4.2 Red Army Birthday 107

4.3 One Day in the Life of the Ukrainian Language 111

4.4 May 18, 2013 120

4.5 Heorhiy Ruslanovych Gongadze 124

4.6 A Personal Warning? 126

5 Historical Memory 131

5.1 Place-name Gymnastics 131

5.2 Remembering the Great Patriotic War 134

5.3 Babyn Yar 138

5.4 The Holodomor Museum 141

5.5 The Legacy of Chornobyl 144

5.6 Rebuilding Religion 146

6 The Center of Kyiv 153

6.1 A Taste of History 153

6.2 Ghosts 160

6.3 Maidan: Independence Square 164

6.4 Khreshchatyk: Main Street Kyiv 171

6.5 TsUM in Transition 174

6.6 SS. Sophia, Michael, and Hyatt 177

6.7 Remaking Andrew's Descent 179

6.8 Podil at a Crossroads 184

7 A Geography of Privilege and Pretension 191

7.1 A Diamond Monster 191

7.2 Face Control in Arena City 194

7.3 Men in Black 198

7.4 The Strange New Neighborhood of Vozdvyzhenka 202

7.5 Koncha Zaspa: Gated Hideaway 208

7.6 Bullies with Bentleys 211

8 Landscapes of Struggle 217

8.1 The Killing of Oksana Makar 217

8.2 Faces of Poverty 219

8.3 Petty Traders 230

8.4 The People's Markets 237

8.5 The Scourge of Prejudice 244

8.6 Roma 250

9 "Suburbia" 255

9.1 The Residential Ring 255

9.2 Commerce, Cars, and Billboards 260

9.3 The Middle Class and the Malls 262

9.4 Four Photographs 266

10 Seamy Stories 271

10.1 "No More Heroines" 271

10.2 Visitors from Abroad 277

10.3 Sex Tourism 279

10.4 Export Wives 282

10.5 River Vice 284

10.6 The Voices of FEMEN 286

11 The Defenders of Kyiv 293

11.1 Hero City 293

11.2 The Grassroots 294

11.3 Save Old Kyiv 303

11.4 The Republic of Hostynyi Dvir 306

11.5 Oleksandr Glukhov's Apartment 312

11.6 The Ordeal of Oleksandr Hudyma 314

11.7 The Last Farmstead in Pozniaky 317

12 Reflections 321

12.1 A Souvenir and a Song 321

12.2 A Messy Period 323

12.3 A Book Review 327

13 Two Years Later 331

13.1 Euromaidan and Aftermath 331

13.2 The Last Days of Euromaidan 336

13.3 Kyiv Updates 339.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789462981508

9462981507

OCLC:

939602372