Kyiv, Ukraine - Revised Edition: The City of Domes and Demons from the Collapse of Socialism to the Mass Uprising of 2013-2014
Kyiv, Ukraine - Revised Edition: The City of Domes and Demons from the Collapse of Socialism to the Mass Uprising of 2013-2014
by Roman Adrian Cybriwsky
Amsterdam University Press, 2014 Paper: 978-94-6298-150-8 | eISBN: 978-90-485-3173-8
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The unrest and violence in Ukraine in recent years 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 brings Cybriwsky's account of events and their ramifications fully up to date, offering the clearest picture we've had yet of what has happened - and what is likely still to come - in Ukraine.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Roman Adrian Cybriwsky is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, USA, and former Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. He divides his time between Philadelphia, Kyiv, and Tokyo, about which he has also written books.
REVIEWS
“A valuable and timely book. . . . Highly recommended.”
— Choice
“Kyiv, Ukraine is an excellent insight into the city and its people. Cybriwsky deserves praise for his astute, captivating, and perceptive study—an indispensable introduction to present-day Kyiv and its people.”
— AAG Review of Books
“Provides a complete picture of contemporary Kyiv, an increasingly significant city on the changing map of Europe. . . . Engaging.”
— Canadian-American Slavic Studies
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments1. Far from Heaven1.1 A Curious Face1.2 Graffito1.3 A New American1.4 Domes and Demons1.5 A Changing City1.6 Angry Citizens1.7 Linking to the Literature1.8 Postsocialist Urbanism2. The Missing Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv2.1 Life in Limbo2.2 An Imperium of Raiders2.3 Theater at Teatralna2.4 A Dubious Home3. Sketches from the Capital3.1 Castle Hill3.2 Notes from Euro 20123.3 Monumental Woes3.4 Demons at Desiatynna3.5 The Ukrainian Fight Club3.6 A Missing Mayor3.7 A Geography of the President3.8 Helipad from Hell4. Soviet Ways, Post-Soviet Days4.1 Looking after Lenin4.2 Red Army Birthday4.3 One Day in the Life of the Ukrainian Language 4.4 May 18, 20134.5 Heorhiy Ruslanovych Gongadze 4.6 A Personal Warning?5. Historical MemoryPlace Name Gymnastics5.2 Remembering the Great Patriotic War5.3 Babyn Yar5.4 The Holodomor Museum5.5 The Legacy of Chornobyl 5.6 Rebuilding Religion6. The Center of Kyiv6.1 A Taste of History 6.2 Ghosts6.3 Maidan: Independence Square6.4 Khreshchatyk: Main Street Kyiv6.5 TsUM in Transition6.6 Sts. Sophia, Michael, and Hyatt6.7 Remaking Andrew's Descent6.8 Podil at a Crossroad7. A Geography of Privilege and Pretension7.1 A Diamond Monster7.2 Face Control in Arena City7.3 Men in Black7.4 The Strange New Neighborhood of Vozdvyzhenka7.5 Koncha Zaspa: Gated Hideaway7.6 Bullies with Bentleys 8. Landscapes of StruggleThe Killing of Oksana Makar8.2 Faces of Poverty8.3 Petty Traders8.4 The People's Markets 8.5 The Scourge of Prejudice8.6 Roma9 "Suburbia"The Residential Ring9.2 Commerce, Cars, and Billboards9.3 The Middle Class and the Malls9.4 Four Photographs10. Seamy Stories10.1 "No More Heroines"10.2 Visitors from Abroad10.3 Sex Tourism10.4 Export Wives10.5 River Vice10.6 The Voices of Femen11 The Defenders of KyivHero City11.2 The Grassroots11.3 Save Old Kyiv11.4 The Republic of Hostynyi Dvir11.5 Oleksandr Glukhov's Apartment11.6 The Ordeal of Oleksandr Hudyma11.7 The Last Farmstead in Pozniaky12. ReflectionsA Souvenir and a Song12.2 A Messy Period12.3 A Book ReviewReferencesIndex