Kharkov/Kharkiv

A Borderland Capital

Volodymyr Kravchenko (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

329 Seiten

2026
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
9781836953876 (ISBN)

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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.

Volodymyr Kravchenko is Professor in the Department of History, Classics and Religion at the University of Alberta and Director of the Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian studies (CIUS) at the University of Alberta. He is the author of more than 180 publications on modern history and historiography of Ukraine.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.2026
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index; 20 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-13	9781836953876 / 9781836953876
Zustand	Neuware