Imperial Urbanism in the Borderlands: Kyiv, 1800-1905

by Serhiy Bilenky

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487501722
• ISBN13: 9781487501723
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 612 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"