Michael F. Hamm, Professor of History at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, is the editor and part-author of two earlier books on the Russian and Soviet city and has written articles on the history of Kiev, Kharkiv, and Riga. He has traveled to Kiev on five occasions. The recipient of Fulbright-Hays and International Research and Exchanges Board grants, he has spent more than thirteen months working in the archives and libraries of the former Soviet Union.

• List of Illustrations and TablesPrefaceCh. IThe Early History of Kiev3Ch. IIThe Growth of Metropolitan Kiev18Ch. IIIPolish Kiev55Ch. IVUkrainians in Russian Kiev82Ch. VJewish Kiev117Ch. VIRecreation, the Arts, and Popular Culture in Kiev135Ch. VIIThe Promise of Change: Kiev in 1905173Ch. VIIIThe Promise Shattered: The October Pogrom189Ch. IXThe Final Years of Romanov Kiev208Conclusion223Notes237Bibliography273Index287

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