Life and death in revolutionary Ukraine : living conditions, violence, and demographic catastrophe, 1917-1923 / Stephen Velychenko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Velychenko, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Ukraine--History--20th century.

Violence.

History.

Atrocities.

Ukraine--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Atrocities.

Ukraine.

Ukraine--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Health aspects.

Ukraine--Social conditions--20th century.

Social conditions.

Ukraine--Politics and government--1917-1945.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

314 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Between 1917 and 1923, Ukraine experienced an anti-colonial war for national liberation, foreign invasion, socialist revolution, and civil war simultaneously, resulting in almost unimaginable civilian casualties. In The Life and Death of Revolutionary Ukraine Stephen Velychenko surveys the plight of civilians, details the socio-economic background to the political events that unfolded during this time, and documents the country's demographic losses. Focusing specifically on two causes of civilian death, deliberate killing and appalling living conditions, Velychenko outlines prewar improvements in living conditions and describes their decline after 1917. He examines governmental culpability in civilian death and notes that while ideologies and the inability of leaders to control subordinates were undeniably a cause of violence, there were other factors at play. Velychenko exploits previously unused archival sources to create a picture of the social conditions leading up to and during this catastrophic period, combining this data with stories and reports from memoirs of the period. Readers familiar with the explosion of violence against Jews at this time will find here a compelling framework for understanding the context of that violence."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Under the Tsars

2. Living Conditions Under Ukrainian Governments

3. Living Conditions Under the Bolsheviks

4. Violence Against Civilians: The Russian Bolshevik Government

5. Violence Against Civilians: Ukrainian and Polish Governments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Velychenko, Stephen. Life and death in revolutionary Ukraine.

ISBN:

9780228008972

0228008972

OCLC:

1241731218

Publisher Number:

99988791716