Imperial Urbanism in the Borderlands

Kyiv, 1800-1905

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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In the nineteenth and early twentieth century Kyiv was an important city in the European part of the Russian empire, rivaling Warsaw in economic and strategic significance. It also held the unrivaled spiritual and ideological position as Russia’s own Jerusalem. In Imperial Urbanism in the Borderlands, Serhiy Bilenky examines issues of space, urban planning, socio-spatial form, and the perceptions of change in imperial Kyiv. Combining cultural and social history with urban studies, Bilenky unearths a wide range of unpublished archival materials and argues that the changes experienced by the city prior to the revolution of 1917 were no less dramatic and traumatic than those of the Communist and post-Communist era. In fact, much of Kyiv’s contemporary urban form, architecture, and natural setting were shaped by imperial modernizers during the long nineteenth century. The author also explores a general culture of imperial urbanism in Eastern Europe. Imperial Urbanism in the Borderlands is the first work to approach the history of Kyiv from an interdisciplinary perspective and showcases Kyiv’s rightful place as a city worthy of attention from historians, urbanists, and literary scholars.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-04-06
Mått165 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt880 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor612
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487501723
UtmärkelserWinner of The American Association for Ukrainian Studies Book Award 2019 (United States)

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List of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgementsMapsIntroductionPart I Representing the CityChapter 1 Mapping the city in transitionChapter 2 Using the past: The great cemetery of Rus’Part II Making the CityChapter 3 Municipal autonomy under the Magdeburg Law, 1800-1835Chapter 4 Planning a new city: empire transforms space, 1835-1870Chapter 5 Municipal autonomy reloaded: space for sale, 1871-1905Part III Peopling the CityChapter 6 Counting Kyivites: the language of class, religion, and ethnicityChapter 7 Municipal elites and "urban regimes": continuities and disruptionsPart IV Living (in) the CityChapter 8 Sociospatial form and psychogeographyChapter 9 What language did the monuments speak?Conclusion: Towards a Theory of Imperial Urbanism in the BorderlandsNotesBibliography 560Index

"Bilenky’s history of Kyiv is probing, timely, and heady."- Steven Seegal, University of Northern Colorado (Slavic Review, vol 78 no 2) "This detailed and thoroughly studied examination of Kyiv’s urbanism addresses an important gap in the contemporary scholarship on Ukraine’s modern history. Thanks to its methodological approach and comparative references, Kyiv’s modernism is set into a wider perspective of Europe’s urban development." - Olena Palko, University of London (European History Quarterly) "This well-researched monograph is an excellent starting point for all further work and will be of great interest to both specialists and the general public alike." - Fabian Baumann, University of Basel (East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies"Bilenky creates his detailed image of the city thanks to painstaking study of a multitude of published and unpublished sources. His archival research sheds light on various aspects, especially municipal administration, urban planning, the social structure, and the real estate market. The result is enjoyable reading that adds substantively to our knowledge of Kyiv and Ukrainian society in the nineteenth century." - Johannes Remy, University of Helsinki (Harvard Ukrainian Studies Journal)