Kyiv, Ukraine - Revised Edition
Year: 2016

The unrest and violence in Ukraine in recent years shocked the world, and the region&#39;s long-term future remains troublingly uncertain. Focusing on the difficulty of Kiev&#39;s transition from socialism to market democracy, this book demonstrates how Ukraine reached this turbulent point. Roman Adrian Cybriwsky delves deeply into the changing social geography of the city, recent urban development, and critical problems such as official corruption, inequality, sex tourism, and the heedless dest