Kharkov/Kharkiv : a borderland capital / Volodymyr Kravchenko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kravchenko, Volodymyr, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kharkiv (Ukraine)--History.

Kharkiv (Ukraine).

Slobidska Ukraine (Ukraine and Russia)--History.

Slobidska Ukraine (Ukraine and Russia).

Ukraine--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation).

Ukraine.

Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Ukraine.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, [2023]

Summary:

Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second largest city and its former capital. Situated within 40 km of the Ukranian-Russian border it is one of those East-Central European “liminal” cities which became a center of modernization and pluralization in the borderland area, playing a prominent role in the process of nation building. Volodymyr Kravchenko’s expanded edition of Kharkov/Kharkiv, now in the English-language and including a new chapter on the reconfiguration of the Ukrainian-Russian borderland during and after the watershed Euromaidan event, uniquely uncovers the city’s long history, from the 17th century to today. Addressing issues of regional and national identities, Ukrainian-Russian relations, mental mapping, historical narratives and the ensuing de/reconstruction of national mythologies, this book, fills a unique gap in the literature on Kharkiv.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Maps

Introduction

Chapter 1 - The Steppe Borderland

Chapter 2 - Town and Gown

Chapter 3 - A Province in Search of an Identity

Chapter 4 - City, Empire, Nation

Chapter 5 - To the "First Capital" and Back

Chapter 6 - Post-Soviet Borderland

Chapter 7 - The Front Line

Conclusions

Historical Timeline

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-727-4

1-80073-899-4