Track My Order
Help Centre
1300 187 187
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Kiev : A Portrait, 1800-1917 - Michael F. Hamm

Kiev

A Portrait, 1800-1917

By: Michael F. Hamm

Paperback | 20 March 1996

At a Glance

Paperback

RRP $105.00

$70.50

33%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $17.63 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 5 to 10 business days

In a fascinating "urban biography," Michael Hamm tells the story of one of Europe's most diverse cities and its distinctive mix of Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, and Jewish inhabitants. A splendid urban center in medieval times, Kiev became a major metropolis in late Imperial Russia, and is now the capital of independent Ukraine. After a concise account of Kiev's early history, Hamm focuses on the city's dramatic growth in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The first historian to analyze how each of Kiev's ethnic groups contributed to the vitality of the city's culture, he also examines the violent conflicts that developed among them. In vivid detail, he shows why Kiev came to be known for its "abundance of revolutionaries" and its anti-Semitic violence.

Industry Reviews
Winner of the Antonovych Prize for an Exceptional Work on the History of the Ukraine, Omelan and Tatiana Antonovych Foundation "This carefully detailed account reveals another side of the city's history... [It] helps to put present events in context, showing that at least one of the 'new' nationalisms in the former Soviet Union has old and very deep roots."--Anne Applebaum, The Times (London) "Compelling reading... Hamm's study of Kiev is a finely honed work. It conveys ... a sense of place, a feel for a city undergoing rapid, often profoundly unsettling change."--James H. Bater, Russian Review

You Can Find This Book In

Non-FictionHistoryRegional & National HistoryEuropean HistorySociety & CultureSocial GroupsUrban CommunitiesSpecific Events & Topics in HistorySocial & Cultural HistoryMilitary HistoryCrimean WarRevolutions, Uprisings, Rebellions
Russian Revolution

More in Crimean War

Nightingale - Laura Elvery

Nightingale

Paperback

RRP $32.99

$30.25

For Valour : The Complete History of the Victoria Cross - Michael Charles Robson

For Valour

The Complete History of the Victoria Cross

Hardcover

RRP $275.00

$178.50

35%
OFF
The Charge of the Heavy Brigade : Scarlett's 300 in the Crimea - M. J. Trow

The Charge of the Heavy Brigade

Scarlett's 300 in the Crimea

Hardcover

RRP $75.00

$50.40

33%
OFF
The Russian Moment in World History - Marshall T. Poe

The Russian Moment in World History

Paperback

RRP $44.99

$38.90

14%
OFF
Thou Shalt Kill : Revolutionary Terrorism in Russia, 1894-1917 - Anna Geifman

Thou Shalt Kill

Revolutionary Terrorism in Russia, 1894-1917

Paperback

RRP $135.00

$88.75

34%
OFF

This product is categorised by

Popular Searches