Posted by Bohdan A. Oryshkevich on May 23, 2002 at 02:33:57:
In Reply to: Re:Andrew says it is not true!!! Your perc... posted by Bohdan on May 22, 2002 at 23:12:23:
I think that anyone interested in the character of Kyiv would be advised to read Kyiv: A Portrait, 1800-1917 by Michael Hamm.
It is an excellent book and gives a picture of Kyiv as a relatively complicated place with an intermingling of languages and cultures. It is different from any "capital" in Europe. Kyiv was not a capital until 1991. That is the tragedy of the Maydan.
I am certain that someone will state that Kyiv was the capital of the UNR at the end of WWI. But that was too short and chaotic to make a difference.
Bohdan A. Oryshkevich
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