Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps

Introduction

Conclusion

Appendix 1 Tables
Appendix 2 Provisional List of Administrators' Unions and Organizations (1917)
Appendix 3 Daily Life
Appendix 4 Prices and Wages
Bibliography of Primary Sources
Bibliography of Secondary Sources
Index

Promotional Information

'State Building in Revolutionary Ukraine tackles an issue present in all historical debates on the Ukrainian revolution, but which has never before been researched in a comprehensive scholarly fashion-how the administrations of competing political regimes struggled for control over Ukrainian territory from 1917 to 1922. Stephen Velychenko's extensive archival research and careful evidence handling allow this book to mark a significant series of firsts: the first time a comparative perspective has been used for this topic, the first time old stereotypes about non-existence or utter incompetence of the local bureaucracy have been challenged, and the first time a wide range of non-partisan sources have been examined. A significant contribution to the literature on revolutionary state building in general, Velychenko's book will appeal to all those interested in how new states emerge from former imperial territories.' -- Andriy Zayarnyuk, Department of History, University of Winnipeg

About the Author

Stephen Velychenko is a historian and research fellow at the Chair for Ukrainian Studies of the University of Toronto.

Reviews

‘Velychenko’s monograph is a useful contribution to the debate on the revolution and civil war in the Ukraine… The work highlights a set of under-researched actors who helped determine how Ukrainians experienced the revolution and civil war, and whose views and activity both reflected and affected the attempts to build a state.’
*Revolutionary Russia, vol 25:02:2012*

’Velychenko’s book will be of great interest to historians of the modern state, Eastern Europe, and what many of us still call misleadingly the “Russian” Revolution.‘
*American Historical Review, June 2013*

‘…State Building in Revolutionary Ukraine marks an important contribution not only to the historiography of twentieth-century Ukraine but also to the study of the civil war in the former Russian Empire and to the literature on state building in newly independent nations.’
*Journal of Modern History 2 (June 2013)*

‘Diligently researched book…. Velychenkos book will be of great interest to historians of modern sate, Eastern Europe, and what many of us still call misleadingly the ”Russian” revolution.’
*American Historical Review; vol 118:03:2013*