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Book Lviv     Wroc  aw  Cities in Parallel

Download or read book Lviv Wroc aw Cities in Parallel written by Jan Fellerer and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After World War II, Europe witnessed the massive redrawing of national borders and the efforts to make the population fit those new borders. As a consequence of these forced changes, both Lviv and Wrocław went through cataclysmic changes in population and culture. Assertively Polish prewar Lwów became Soviet Lvov, and then, after 1991, it became assertively Ukrainian Lviv. Breslau, the third largest city in Germany before 1945, was in turn "recovered" by communist Poland as Wrocław. Practically the entire population of Breslau was replaced, and Lwów's demography too was dramatically restructured: many Polish inhabitants migrated to Wrocław and most Jews perished or went into exile. The forced migration of these groups incorporated new myths and the construction of official memory projects. The chapters in this edited book compare the two cities by focusing on lived experiences and "bottom-up" historical processes. Their sources and methods are those of micro-history and include oral testimonies, memoirs, direct observation and questionnaires, examples of popular culture, and media pieces. The essays explore many manifestations of the two sides of the same coin—loss on the one hand, gain on the other—in two cities that, as a result of the political reality of the time, are complementary.

Book The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv

Download or read book The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv written by Tarik Cyril Amar and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv reveals the local and transnational forces behind the twentieth-century transformation of Lviv into a Soviet and Ukrainian urban center. Lviv's twentieth-century history was marked by violence, population changes, and fundamental transformation ethnically, linguistically, and in terms of its residents' self-perception. Against this background, Tarik Cyril Amar explains a striking paradox: Soviet rule, which came to Lviv in ruthless Stalinist shape and lasted for half a century, left behind the most Ukrainian version of the city in history. In reconstructing this dramatically profound change, Amar illuminates the historical background in present-day identities and tensions within Ukraine.

Book Lviv

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Czaplicka
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 342 pages

Download or read book Lviv written by John Czaplicka and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Ukrainian West

Download or read book The Ukrainian West written by William Jay Risch and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the political, social, and cultural history of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv and how this anti-Soviet city became symbolic of the Soviet Union's postwar evolution.

Book Lemberg  Lwow  and Lviv 1914 1947

Download or read book Lemberg Lwow and Lviv 1914 1947 written by Christopher Mick and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as Lemberg in German and Lwów in Polish, the city of L'viv in modern Ukraine was in the crosshairs of imperial and national aspirations for much of the twentieth century. This book tells the compelling story of how its inhabitants (Roman Catholic Poles, Greek Catholic Ukrainians, and Jews) reacted to the sweeping political changes during and after World Wars I and II. The Eastern Front shifted back and forth, and the city changed hands seven times. At the end of each war, L'viv found itself in the hands of a different state. While serious tensions had existed among Poles, Ukrainians/Ruthenians, and Jews in the city, before 1914 eruptions of violence were still infrequent. The changes of political control over the city during World War I led to increased intergroup frictions, new power relations, and episodes of shocking violence, particularly against Jews. The city's incorporation into the independent Polish Republic in November 1918 after a brief period of Ukrainian rule sparked intensified conflict. Ukrainians faced discrimination and political repression under the new government, and Ukrainian nationalists attacked the Polish state. In the 1930s, anti-Semitism increased sharply. During World War II, the city experienced first Soviet rule, then Nazi occupation, and finally Soviet conquest. The Nazis deported and murdered nearly all of the city's large Jewish population, and at the end of the war the Soviet forces expelled the city's Polish inhabitants. Based on archival research conducted in L'viv, Kiev, Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin, and Moscow, as well as an array of contemporary printed sources and scholarly studies, this book examines how the inhabitants of the city reacted to the changes in political control, and how ethnic and national ideologies shaped their dealings with each other. An earlier German version of this volume was published as Kriegserfahrungen in einer multiethnischen Stadt: Lemberg 1914-1947(2011).

Book Travel Like a Local   Map of Lviv

    Book Details:
  • Author : Maxwell Fox
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-07-20
  • ISBN : 9781723121074
  • Pages : 50 pages

Download or read book Travel Like a Local Map of Lviv written by Maxwell Fox and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Ready For The Adventure Of A Lifetime! Are you planning your next vacation abroad and you're ready to explore? Do you want to be prepared for everything? Are you ready to experience every new place you visit just like a local? Well, with this amazing Lviv (Ukraine) travel map you're all set and ready to go! The Lviv (Ukraine) map was carefully designed to give you amazing results and make traveling easier than ever. We make sure to constantly update our info to give you the most relevant and accurate information, so you will never get confused or frustrated during your Lviv (Ukraine) trip. The map is very detailed and it will not only give you all the available roads and routes, but also the essential information to make your Lviv (Ukraine) vacation unforgettable. In the map you can see all the available means of transport, bus stops and routes so you can always know how to get everywhere. And because we know that a vacation is not only about the roads and busses, the map gives you many options for eating, drinking and having a good time! We carefully marked all the restaurants, bars and pubs so you can always find one that is nearby. In the Lviv (Ukraine) map you will also find the best places to go shopping, the most famous and must-see sights, churches and more. And if an emergency comes up, there are markings of police stations and hospitals everywhere for your convenience. Each kind of marking has a different color so you can easily navigate around the map and find exactly what you're looking for within seconds. The city is also organized in sections so you can better find your way around. So what are you waiting for? Pack your bags, get your map and let's get started! Just Click "Add To Cart Now"

Book Travel Like a Local   Map of Lviv  Black and White Edition

Download or read book Travel Like a Local Map of Lviv Black and White Edition written by Maxwell Fox and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Ready For The Adventure Of A Lifetime! This is a Black and White edition of Travel Like a Local map book. Are you planning your next vacation abroad and you're ready to explore? Do you want to be prepared for everything? Are you ready to experience every new place you visit just like a local? Well, with this amazing Lviv (Ukraine) travel map you're all set and ready to go! In the map you can see all the available means of transport, bus stops and routes so you can always know how to get everywhere. And because we know that a vacation is not only about the roads and busses, the map gives you many options for eating, drinking and having a good time! We carefully marked all the restaurants, bars and pubs so you can always find one that is nearby. In the Lviv (Ukraine) map you will also find the best places to go shopping, the most famous and must-see sights, churches and more. And if an emergency comes up, there are markings of police stations and hospitals everywhere for your convenience. The city is also organized in sections so you can better find your way around. So what are you waiting for? Pack your bags, get your map and let's get started! Just Click "Add To Cart Now"

Book The Ukrainian West

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Jay Risch
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2011-06-06
  • ISBN : 0674061268
  • Pages : 375 pages

Download or read book The Ukrainian West written by William Jay Risch and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-06 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1990, months before crowds in Moscow and other major cities dismantled their monuments to Lenin, residents of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv toppled theirs. William Jay Risch argues that Soviet politics of empire inadvertently shaped this anti-Soviet city, and that opposition from the periphery as much as from the imperial center was instrumental in unraveling the Soviet Union. Lviv’s borderlands identity was defined by complicated relationships with its Polish neighbor, its imperial Soviet occupier, and the real and imagined West. The city’s intellectuals—working through compromise rather than overt opposition—strained the limits of censorship in order to achieve greater public use of Ukrainian language and literary expression, and challenged state-sanctioned histories with their collective memory of the recent past. Lviv’s post–Stalin-generation youth, to which Risch pays particular attention, forged alternative social spaces where their enthusiasm for high culture, politics, soccer, music, and film could be shared. The Ukrainian West enriches our understanding not only of the Soviet Union’s postwar evolution but also of the role urban spaces, cosmopolitan identities, and border regions play in the development of nations and empires. And it calls into question many of our assumptions about the regional divisions that have characterized politics in Ukraine. Risch shines a bright light on the political, social, and cultural history that turned this once-peripheral city into a Soviet window on the West.

Book Languages In The World

Download or read book Languages In The World written by Julie Tetel Andresen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world’s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Balances linguistic analysis with socio-historical and political context, offering a cohesive picture of the relationship between language and society Provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of language by drawing not only on the diverse fields of linguistics (structural, linguist anthropology, historical, sociolinguistics), but also on history, biology, genetics, sociology, and more Includes nine detailed language profiles on Kurdish, Arabic, Tibetan, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Tamil, !Xóõ (Taa), Mongolian, and Quiché A companion website offers a host of supplementary materials including, sound files, further exercises, and detailed introductory information for students new to linguistics

Book Greater Than a Tourist  LVIV Ukraine

Download or read book Greater Than a Tourist LVIV Ukraine written by Greater Than a Tourist and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Lviv. Greater Than a Tourist - Lviv, Ukraine by Author Yuliia Holomedova offers the inside scoop on Lviv, a city in the western part of Ukraine, which attracts not only Ukrainians, but also tourists from all over the world with its cultural heritage and cozy atmosphere. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the 'Greater Than a Tourist' series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. This guide book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead gives you knowledge that you may not find in other smaller print travel books. Experience cultural, culinary delights, and attractions with the guidance of a Local. Slow down and get to know the people with this invaluable guide. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to discover new activities at your next travel destination. Inside this travel guide book you will find: Visitor information from a Local Tour ideas and inspiration Save time with valuable guidebook information Greater Than a Tourist- A Travel Guidebook with 50 Travel Tips from a Local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and culture. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination. OUR STORY Traveling is a passion of the Greater than a Tourist book series creator. Lisa studied abroad in college, and for their honeymoon Lisa and her husband toured Europe. During her travels to Malta, an older man tried to give her some advice based on his own experience living on the island since he was a young boy. She was not sure if she should talk to the stranger but was interested in his advice. When traveling to some places she was wary to talk to locals because she was afraid that they weren't being genuine. Through her travels, Lisa learned how much locals had to share with tourists. Lisa created the Greater Than a Tourist book series to help connect people with locals. A topic that locals are very passionate about sharing.

Book The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv

Download or read book The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv written by Tarik Cyril Amar and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv reveals the local and transnational forces behind the twentieth-century transformation of Lviv into a Soviet and Ukrainian urban center. Lviv's twentieth-century history was marked by violence, population changes, and fundamental transformation ethnically, linguistically, and in terms of its residents' self-perception. Against this background, Tarik Cyril Amar explains a striking paradox: Soviet rule, which came to Lviv in ruthless Stalinist shape and lasted for half a century, left behind the most Ukrainian version of the city in history. In reconstructing this dramatically profound change, Amar illuminates the historical background in present-day identities and tensions within Ukraine.

Book The Night Reporter

    Book Details:
  • Author : Yuri Vynnychuk
  • Publisher : Glagoslav Publications
  • Release : 2021-12-28
  • ISBN : 1914337301
  • Pages : 319 pages

Download or read book The Night Reporter written by Yuri Vynnychuk and published by Glagoslav Publications. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events of the novel The Night Reporter take place in Lviv in 1938. Journalist Marko Krylovych, nicknamed the “night reporter” for his nightly coverage of the life of the city’s underbelly, takes on the investigation of the murder of a candidate for president of the city government. While doing this, he ends up in various love intrigues as well as criminal adventures, sometimes risking his life. Police Commissioner Roman Obukh, who was suspended by administrators from the murder investigation, aids him in an unofficial capacity. Meanwhile, German, and Soviet spies become involved, and Polish counterintelligence also takes an interest in the investigation. The picturesque and vividly described criminal world of Lviv of that time appears before us – dive bars, batyars, and establishments for women of ill repute. The reader will have to unravel riddle after riddle with the characters against the background of the anxious mood of Lviv’s residents, who are living in anticipation of war. The Night Reporter is a compelling journey into the world of the enthralling multicultural past of the city.

Book Lviv

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Czaplicka
  • Publisher : Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 402 pages

Download or read book Lviv written by John Czaplicka and published by Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. This book was released on 2005 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To offer a broad historical and contemporary portrait of the European city Lviv, John Czaplicka has gathered together a wide range of scholars from the areas of historiography, history, art and architectural history, urban planning, literary history and criticism, and cultural history. Known variously over the centuries as Leopolis, Lw w, Lvov, and Lemberg, this city served as laboratory for the forging of modern Jewish, Polish, and Ukrainian identities. Historically, Armenians, Germans, Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians interacted in this Galician and formerly Polish and Habsburg metropolis. The resulting confluence of cultures in this now Ukrainian city was at times violent, but each of the ethnic groups and religions residing in the city contributed to its urban, urbane, and truly European character. This volume emphasizes the richness of the local cultural heritage. The collection derives from revised papers presented at a conference sponsored jointly by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies and the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. Other authors were invited to round out the picture of a European city in the shifting crosscurrents of cultures.

Book Lviv   the Essential Guide  2017 Edition

Download or read book Lviv the Essential Guide 2017 Edition written by Alina Potter and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Lviv Guide (2017 Edition) has been revised and updated to introduce Lviv's key sights, experiences and travel essentials to make your stay in the western Ukrainian cultural capital an enjoyable and exciting one. Our experience as one of the top Lviv private guides leading tours for hundreds of western visitors every year has helped us craft a book which offers practical advice and useful tips when navigating our city and its many attractions.The Guide is packed full of Lviv travel advice for visitors. The important things you need to know when planning a trip to Lviv Ukraine, one of Eastern Europe's most enchanting capitals.Lviv Things to DoThe Guide provides a bumper list of Lviv attractions, captivating historical sites, stunning from period architecture and rich cultural sites in Lviv.The best Lviv nightlife, culture, shopping and Lviv clubs are also revealed for those who want to know what to do in Lviv after dark.Lviv FoodWe'll introduce Lviv food and you'll discover Ukrainian traditional dishes and the best Lviv restaurants serving Ukrainian cuisine.Getting Around LvivWe share essential tips on using the Lviv public transport system, how to book a taxi in Lviv, and how to get around Lviv.Lviv HotelsThe Guide recommends the range of the best Lviv hotels in good areas to stay plus Lviv apartment rental options for those tourists looking for to extend their stay. Apartments for rent in Lviv are an increasingly popular and good option for foreign visitors. We answer all these questions and more in our Essential Lviv Guide...Do I need a travel guide in Lviv?What power plugs are used in Ukraine?What is Lviv weather like year round?What is the internet like in Lviv?Do you tip in Ukraine?Where can I change money in Lviv?Do US cell phones work in Ukraine?What are the best Lviv clubs?How safe is Lviv?How much do things cost in Ukraine?What is a fair Lviv airport transfer price'... and more.Table of the Contents:INTRODUCTIONHISTORYLVIV CITY ATTRACTIONS Rynok Square The Opera House Dominican Cathedral Armenian Quarter High Castle Hill Pototskys' Palace Lychakiv Cemetery Open-air Museum of Folk Architecture & Rural LifeLVIV REGION ATTRACTIONS Olesko Castle Pidhirtsy Castle Zolochiv Castle Carpathians Mountains Zolota ForelTOURS Lviv City TourTOURIST ESSENTIALS Airport Business Hours Climate Electricity Embassies Food Internet Language Medical Emergencies Money Nightlife Personal Safety Police Public Holidays Public Transport Shopping Taxis Telephones Time Where to Stay Tipping ToiletsOTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES

Book Courage and Fear

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ola Hnatiuk
  • Publisher : Academic Studies PRess
  • Release : 2020-01-28
  • ISBN : 1644692538
  • Pages : 484 pages

Download or read book Courage and Fear written by Ola Hnatiuk and published by Academic Studies PRess. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Courage and Fear is a study of a multicultural city in times when all norms collapse. Ola Hnatiuk presents a meticulously documented portrait of Lviv’s ethnically diverse intelligentsia during World War Two. As the Soviet, Nazi, and once again Soviet occupations tear the city’s social fabric apart, groups of Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish doctors, academics, and artists try to survive, struggling to manage complex relationships and to uphold their ethos. As their pre-war lives are violently upended, courage and fear shape their actions. Ola Hnatiuk employs diverse sources in several languages to tell the story of Lviv from a multi-ethnic perspective and to challenge the national narratives dominant in Central and Eastern Europe.

Book City of Lions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jozef Wittlin
  • Publisher : Pushkin Press
  • Release : 2023-09-12
  • ISBN : 1805330012
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book City of Lions written by Jozef Wittlin and published by Pushkin Press. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A loving, sensuous, but also gently ironic reconstruction of a lost city” — LA Review of Books A timely reissue of the classic portrayal of the Ukrainian city of Lviv by 2 authors in 2 acts, separated by time and circumstance With an illuminating preface by Eva Hoffman and stunning new photographs by Diana Matar, City of Lions is a powerful and melancholy evocation of Ukraine in the twentieth century, with a special resonance for today. Lviv, Lwów, Lvov, Lemberg. Known by a variety of names, the City of Lions is now in western Ukraine. Situated in different countries during its history, it is a city located along the fault-lines of Europe's history. City of Lions presents two essays, written more than half a century apart - but united by one city. Józef Wittlin's lyrical paean to his Lwów, written in exile, is a deep cry of love and pain for his city, where most people he knew have fled or been killed. Philippe Sands' finely honed exploration of what has been lost and what remains interweaves a lawyer's love of evidence with the emotional heft of a descendant of Lviv.

Book The Scottish Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : R. Daniel Mauldin
  • Publisher : Birkhäuser
  • Release : 2015-11-26
  • ISBN : 3319228978
  • Pages : 333 pages

Download or read book The Scottish Book written by R. Daniel Mauldin and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this book updates and expands upon a historically important collection of mathematical problems first published in the United States by Birkhäuser in 1981. These problems serve as a record of the informal discussions held by a group of mathematicians at the Scottish Café in Lwów, Poland, between the two world wars. Many of them were leaders in the development of such areas as functional and real analysis, group theory, measure and set theory, probability, and topology. Finding solutions to the problems they proposed has been ongoing since World War II, with prizes offered in many cases to those who are successful. In the 35 years since the first edition published, several more problems have been fully or partially solved, but even today many still remain unsolved and several prizes remain unclaimed. In view of this, the editor has gathered new and updated commentaries on the original 193 problems. Some problems are solved for the first time in this edition. Included again in full are transcripts of lectures given by Stanislaw Ulam, Mark Kac, Antoni Zygmund, Paul Erdös, and Andrzej Granas that provide amazing insights into the mathematical environment of Lwów before World War II and the development of The Scottish Book. Also new in this edition are a brief history of the University of Wrocław’s New Scottish Book, created to revive the tradition of the original, and some selected problems from it. The Scottish Book offers a unique opportunity to communicate with the people and ideas of a time and place that had an enormous influence on the development of mathematics and try their hand on the unsolved problems. Anyone in the general mathematical community with an interest in the history of modern mathematics will find this to be an insightful and fascinating read.