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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794645503321

Autore

Velychenko Stephen

Titolo

Life and death in revolutionary Ukraine : living conditions, violence, and demographic catastrophe, 1917-1923 / / Stephen Velychenko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

0-2280-1029-2

0-2280-1030-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 pages)

Classificazione

cci1icc

Disciplina

306.09477

Soggetti

Violence - Ukraine - History - 20th century

History

Ukraine Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- LIFE AND DEATH IN REVOLUTIONARY UKRAINE -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Under the Tsars -- 2 Living Conditions Under Ukrainian Governments -- 3 Living Conditions Under the Bolsheviks -- 4 Violence Against Civilians: The Russian Bolshevik Government -- 5 Violence Against Civilians: Ukrainian and Polish -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Orphans -- Appendix 2: Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Between 1917 and 1923, invasion, revolution, war, and grim living conditions claimed unimaginable numbers of Ukrainian lives. Velychenko examines the social background to the political history of revolutionary Ukraine, documenting the country's demographic losses during the Ukrainian and Russian revolutions.