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Description of  Kyiv, Ukraine: The City of Domes and Demons from the Collapse of Socialism to the Mass Uprising of 2013-2014

The unrest and violence in Ukraine shocked the world, and the regions long-term future remains troublingly uncertain. Focusing on the difficulty of Kievs 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 destruction of the citys historical architectureall difficulties that have contributed incrementally to Ukrainian citizens anger against their government. This thoroughly revised edition offers the clearest picture weve had yet of what has happenedand what is likely still to comein Ukraine. Note: My nickname -