1st Edition
Along Ukraine's River A Social and Environmental History of the Dnipro
By Roman Adrian Cybriwsky
Copyright 2018
248 Pages
by
Central European University Press
248 Pages
by
Central European University Press
The River Dnipro (formerly better known by the Russian name of Dnieper) is intimately linked to the history and identity of Ukraine. Cybriwsky discusses the history of the river, from when it was formed and its many uses and modifications by human agencies from ancient times to the present.
From key vantage points along the river’s course—its source in western Russia, through Belarus and... Read more
List of Illustrations, Preface, Chapter 1: A National River, Chapter 2: A Work of Nature and the Works of Men, Chapter 3: A Winding Course through History, Chapter 4: Soviet River: From DniproHES to Chornobyl, Chapter 5: The River's Health, Chapter 6: Kyiv—Whose Ukraine?, Chapter 7: Around the Kremenchuk Sea, Chapter 8: At the Great Bend of the Dnipro, Chapter 9: Zaporizhia and Dnipro (City)—Ukraine Reclaimed, Chapter 10: Down the Lower Course, Chapter 11: Some Thoughts About Ukraine, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Roman Adrian Cybriwsky is senior professor of Geography and Urban Studies. He has been at Temple University since 1972, and for many years was dean at the university’s campus in Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of Kyiv, Ukraine: The City of Domes and Demons from the Collapse of Socialism to the Mass Uprising of 2013–2014 (Amsterdam University Press, 2014).
