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The City in late imperial Russia /

From the Great Reforms that began in the 1860s to the revolutions of 1917, the Russian Empire experienced a period of explosive urban growth. The City in Late Imperial Russia examines this process and the changes it brought in eight of the Empire's largest cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev,...

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Corporate Author: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
Contributors: Hamm, Michael F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1986.
Series:Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies
Subjects and Genres:
1861-1917
Cities and towns > Russia > History.
Urbanization > Russia > History.
Villes > Russie > Histoire.
Urbanisation > Russie > Histoire.
Cities and towns.
Economic history.
Urbanization.
Russia > Economic conditions > 1861-1917.
Russie > Conditions économiques > 1861-1917.
Russia.
Cities and towns > Russia > History
Geschichte > 1850-1917
Russia > Economic conditions > 1861-1917
Urbanization > Russia > History
History.
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Summary: From the Great Reforms that began in the 1860s to the revolutions of 1917, the Russian Empire experienced a period of explosive urban growth. The City in Late Imperial Russia examines this process and the changes it brought in eight of the Empire's largest cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Warsaw, Riga, Odessa, Tiflis, and Baku. Individual chapters on each of these cities discussed changes in the economic fabric of the city and in the occupational and ethnic composition of the urban population. The quality of urban life, the nature and effectiveness of municipal government, and the possible impact of the changing environment on the growth of new forms of conflict and new attitudes toward community are also examined. Drawing on memoirs and literary sources as well as archival materials, published documents, and newspapers, the authors convey the flavor of city life and the personality of the urban population, highlighting each city's distinctive features as well as characteristics each had in common. - Jacket flap.
Item Description: Papers from a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, held in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 1983.
Physical Description: viii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index.
ISBN: 0253313708
9780253313706

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