Ivan Franko and His Community

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.