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In this Ukrainian bestseller, now available in English for the
first time, Yaroslav Hrytsak examines the first three decades
(1856-86) in the life of Ivan Franko, a prominent writer, scholar,
journalist, and political activist who became an indisputable
leader in the forging of modern Ukrainian national identity.
Hrytsak does so against the background of small
communities-Franko's family, his native village, his colleagues,
the editors of periodicals for which he worked, and the
revolutionary circles with which he interacted-during a time when
multi-ethnic Habsburg Galicia evolved into several modern nations.
This volume will remain a recognized standard for the study of the
history of Ukraine and East Central Europe.
This volume is a brief history of the Jewish community of
Volodymyr-Volynsky, going back to its first historical mentions. It
explores Jewish settlement in the city, the kahal, and the role of
the community in the Vaad Arba Aratsot, and profiles several
important historical figures, including Shelomoh of Karlin and
Khane-Rokhl Werbermacher (the Maiden of Ludmir). It also considers
the city's synagogues and Jewish cemetery, and explores the
twentieth-century history of the community, especially during the
Holocaust. Drawing on survivor eyewitness testimonies, the author
pays tribute to the town's Righteous among the Nations and
describes efforts to preserve the memory of its Jewish community,
including the creation of the Piatydni memorial, and lists
prominent Jews born in Volodymyr-Volynsky and natives of the city
living abroad. This book will be of interest to historians of the
Jewish communities and the Holocaust in Ukraine, as well as to the
general reader.
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