 | The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv: A Borderland City between Stalinists, Nazis, and Nationalists Subjects: L’viv (Ukraine) -- History -- 20th century; Ukraine -- History -- German occupation 1941–1944; World War 1939–1945 -- Ukraine -- L’viv; The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv reveals the local and transnational forces behind the twentieth-century transformation of Lviv into a Soviet and Ukrainian urban center. Lviv's twentieth-century history was marked by violence, population changes, and fundamental transformation ethnically, linguistically, and in terms of its residents' self-perception. Against this background, Tarik Cyril Amar explains a striking paradox: Soviet rule, which came to Lviv in ruthless Stalinist shape and lasted for half a century, left behind the most Ukrainian version of the city in history. In reconstructing this dramatically profound change, Amar illuminates the historical background in present-day identities and tensions within Ukraine. Tarik Cyril Amar is Associate Professor in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Koc University. |
