| Lwów or L'viv?: Two Uprisings in 1918 Contributor(s): Wolff-Powęska, Anna (Other), Giebultowski, Jerzy (Translator), Markowski, Damian (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631829728 ISBN-13: 9783631829721 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $70.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Ancient - Greece - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6" W x 9" (1.70 lbs) 412 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the Fall of 1918 it became clear the Polish-Ukrainian ethnic borderlands would become a battlefield for the two nations. Both wanted to incorporate the disputed territory. On November 1st 1918, Ukrainian conspirators managed a successful military and political coup, taking control of Lviv with hardly any bloodshed. Several hours afterwards, Polish underground forces already began preparing a counterattack. A few days later, front lines stretched across the city. The fighting concluded on November 22nd with a Ukrainian retreat and an ethnic cleansing of the local Jewish population. The events that took place in Lviv in November 1918 to this day remain at the epicenter of Polish-Ukrainian conflict. The book tackles the themes of this unrest and its symptoms, from the 1920s to present day. |
