{"id":1867,"date":"2011-03-07T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:36:16","slug":"a-history-of-kiev-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/a-history-of-kiev-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"A History of Kiev, Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00ab\u042f \u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u044e\u00bb<\/strong> [I know] that it has been quite a long time since I posted about \u00ab\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u044f \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [the history of Kiev]. You have been in so much suspense about what happens next, right? \ud83d\ude09 Anyway, today we are going to talk about \u00ab\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [the civil war], which is a very serious subject. I heard somewhere that there were possibly \u00ab\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0442\u044c \u043c\u0438\u043b\u043b\u0438\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u0436\u0435\u0440\u0442\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [ten million victims] in this conflict. I think the exact numbers are disputed, but \u00ab\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0435 \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [in short], a lot of people died. If you want to read the prior posts in this series, here they are: Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a>, Part 3<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Many fascinating accounts of \u00ab\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [the civil war] have been written. \u00ab\u0418\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d \u0411\u0443<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Ivan Bunin\u2013\u2013quick quiz: what distinction is he famous for?<\/em>] wrote \u00ab\u041e\u043a\u0430\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0434\u043d\u0438\u00bb<\/strong><\/em> [Cursed Days<\/em>] about his time in Moscow. \u00ab\u0420\u043e\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043d \u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0411\u0443\u043b\u0433\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0411\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u044f \u0433\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0434\u0438\u044f<\/em>\u00bb<\/strong> [Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The White Guard<\/em>] is based on Bulgakov’s experiences in his \u00ab\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0434\u00bb<\/strong> [hometown] of Kiev during the war.<\/p>\n

The first thing to keep in mind about \u00ab\u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [Kiev] in this time is this: \u00ab\u043e\u043d \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0438\u0437 \u0440\u0443\u043a \u0432 \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [it was passed from one hand to another]. \u00ab\u041d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u00bb<\/strong> [For example], \u00ab\u0434\u043e 7 (\u0441\u0435\u0434\u044c\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e) \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f<\/span> 1917 (\u0442\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044b\u0439) \u0433\u043e\u0434\u00bb<\/strong> [until the 7 of November 1917], it was a part of Russia, under \u00ab\u0412\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [the Provisional Government]. For a brief few months, it became part of \u00ab\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0440\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0443<\/span>\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Ukrainian People’s Republic], then it was \u00ab\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0446\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0437\u0430\u0432\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [the capital of independent Ukraine]. (Oddly enough, \u00ab\u0432 \u0442\u043e \u0436\u0435 \u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [at the very same time], \u00ab\u0425\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [Kharkov] was also the capital of Ukraine.)<\/p>\n

Ukraine was under the control of \u00ab\u0421\u0438\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u043d \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u041f\u0435\u0442\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0440\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Simon Vasilyevich Petliura] and in January 1919, \u00ab\u0420\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0447\u0435-\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u041a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043c\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [The Red Army] launched an operation against \u00ab\u041f\u0435\u0442\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0440\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> and after many days of fighting, \u00ab\u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430<\/span> \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [red troops entered Kiev].<\/p>\n

Answer to the quick quiz about Ivan Bunin: he was the first Russian writer to win \u00ab\u041d\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u044f \u043f\u043e \u043b\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [the Nobel Prize in literature].<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

\u00ab\u042f \u0437\u043d\u0430\u044e\u00bb [I know] that it has been quite a long time since I posted about \u00ab\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u044f \u041a\u0438\u0435\u0432\u0430\u00bb [the history of Kiev]. You have been in so much suspense about what happens next, right? \ud83d\ude09 Anyway, today we are going to talk about \u00ab\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0430\u00bb [the civil war], which is a very serious subject…<\/p>\n

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