Description
Book SynopsisThis is a book about the steppe frontier land on the border of Ukraine and Russia. Making use of formerly closed archives, the author paints a detailed yet panoramic picture of the tumultuous history of the Donbas and analyzes critical events in modern Ukrainian and Russian history from a regional perspective.
Trade Review'Kuromiya's latest work is a masterful case study of the Donbas region through revolution, civil war, the New Economic Policy, and Stalinist construction. It is based not only on a synthesis of every conceivable secondary source, but also on a detailed consideration of archives in Moscow, Kiev, and the Donbas itself. At the level of a regional study, Kuromiya's work is path-breaking.' Economic History Review
Table of ContentsNote on names; Acknowledgment; Introduction; 1. Life on the wild field; 2. Political development to 1914; 3. War, revolution, and Civil War; 4. The new economic policy; 5. The Famine; 6. The Great Terror; 7. The War; 8. The post-War years; Conclusion; Sources.
