E-Books →Life and Death in Revolutionary Ukraine Living Conditions, Violence, and Demographic Catastrophe, 1917-1923

InLife and Death in Revolutionary UkraineStephen Velychenko surveys the plight of civilians, details the socio-economic background to the political events that unfolded during this time, and documents the country's demographic losses. Focusing specifically on two causes of civilian death, deliberate killing and appalling living conditions, Velychenko outlines prewar improvements in living conditions and describes their decline after 1917. He examines governmental culpability in civilian death and notes that while ideologies and the inability of leaders to control subordinates were undeniably causes of violence, there were other factors at play.
Velychenko mines previously unused archival sources to create a picture of the social conditions leading up to...