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:

1 online resource (352 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The unrest and violence in Ukraine shocked the world, and the region's long-term future remains troublingly uncertain. Focusing on the difficulty of Kiev's transition from socialism to market democracy, this book demonstrates how Ukraine reached this turbulent point. Roman Adrian Cybriwsky delves deeply into the changing social geography of the city, recent urban development, and critical problems such as official corruption, inequality, sex tourism, and the heedless destruction of the city's historical architecture all difficulties that have contributed incrementally to Ukrainian citizens' anger against their government. This thoroughly revised edition offers the clearest picture we've had yet of what has happened and what is likely still to come in Ukraine.

Contents:

Front matter

Table Of Contents

List Of Illustrations And Tables

A Note About Transliteration

Preface And Acknowledgements

1.Far From Heaven

2.The Missing Museum Of The History Of The City Of Kyiv

3.Sketches From The Capital

4.Soviet Ways, Post-Soviet Days

5.Historical Memory

6.The Center Of Kyiv

7.A Geography Of Privilege And Pretension

8.Landscapes Of Struggle

9. "Suburbia"

10.Seamy Stories

11.The Defenders Of Kyiv

12.Reflections

Postscript

References

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789048523412

9048523419

9789048523405

9048523400

OCLC:

890464329