Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second largest city and its former capital. Situated within 40 km of the Ukrainian-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.
List of maps
List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Steppe Borderland
Chapter 2. Town and Gown
Chapter 3. 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 Frontline
Conclusions
Historical timeline
Bibliography
Index
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