Borderland City: Kharkiv
Borderland City: Kharkiv
Author(s): Volodymyr V. KravchenkoSubject(s): Regional Geography, Historical Geography
Published by: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at The University of Alberta
Keywords: Kharkiv; city; region; image; Ukraine; Russia; borderland;
Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to identify Kharkiv’s place on the mental map of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and traces the changing image of the city in Ukrainian and Russian narratives up to the end of the twentieth century. The author explores the role of Kharkiv in the symbolic reconfiguration of the Ukrainian-Russian borderland and describes how the interplay of imperial, national, and local contexts left an imprint on the city’s symbolic space.
Journal: East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies (EWJUS)
- Issue Year: 7/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 169-196
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English