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Russian-Oriented Cities and the Russification of Urban Memory in Late Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine
Doslidnyky arkheolohiï Ukraïny : ent͡syklopedychnyĭ slovnyk-dovidnyk
This encyclopedic handbook, prepared by the well-known Kyiv archeologist Halyna Mezentseva, is the first work containing brief biographical and bibliographic information on close to 600 archeologists whose work focuses on ancient Ukraine and…
Chernobyl: A Documentary Story
Dr. Shcherbak traveled to the dangerous zone around the reactor at Chernobyl, lived there and interviewed firemen, first-aid workers, party and government officials, local media representatives, and foreign visitors. The result is a variety of vivid…
Development in the Shadow: Studies in Ukrainian Economics
The Russian occupation of Ukraine under the tsarist and communist regimes exerted a decisive influence on the development of Ukrainian economics. The present collection of essays, written over a ten-year period, explores some of the pertinent issues.…
Ukraine and Russia in their Historical Encounter
Ukraine's attainment of political independence since 1991 has focused world attention on relations between Ukraine and Russia, the two most powerful successor states to the USSR. This collection of essays by eminent specialists provides a reliable…
Pereiaslav 1654: A Historiographical Study
In 1954, the three-hundredth anniversary of the Pereiaslav Treaty of 1654 between Russia and Ukraine was celebrated with unprecedented fervor throughout the Soviet Union. The event was resurrected ostensibly to justify the position of Ukrainians…
Galician Villagers and the Ukrainian National Movement in the Nineteenth Century
This first case study of how the East European peasantry was drawn into national politics focuses on the Ukrainians of Galicia (1772–1914). On the basis of first-hand testimony by peasants and rural notables, it demonstrates that the peasants'…
The Sovietization of Ukraine, 1917–1923
This work concerns the Bolsheviks' theory and practice of national self-determination with regard to Ukraine from the outbreak of the revolution in 1917 to the creation of the Soviet Union in 1923. In addition to presenting a detailed account of the…
Christian Social Ethics in Ukraine: The Legacy of Andrei Sheptytsky
In the first half of the twentieth century, Christianity in Europe faced an unprecedented range of social, economic, and political issues that challenged the very essence of the faith. In response to the rise of socialism, the struggle for political…
