Photo exhibition : Labor, Exhaustion and Success: Company Towns in the Donbas
Fr., 15. März
|Paris
This photo project was designed by the Lviv centre for urban history in the context of the war in Ukraine and implemented by EHESS, the research alliance War and Society and LimSpaces to contribute to public understanding of one of the oldest industrial regions in contemporary Ukraine and Europe.
Time & Location
15. März 2024, 19:00 – 04. Apr. 2024, 18:53
Paris, 54 Bd Raspail, 75006 Paris, France
About the event
https://www.lvivcenter.org/en/exhibition/donbas-company-towns-expo-paris/
The exhibition "Labor, Exhaustion and Success: Company Towns in the Donbas," / "Travail, épuisement, succès: les monovilles dans le Donbas" organized by the Center for Urban History, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, EHESS, CERCEC and LimSpaces.
The bare steppe of the Donbas set the scene for one of the most ambitious industrial projects in Europe, one that brought together imperial officials, businessmen, investors, experts, and future workers in the late nineteenth century. News about the rich iron and coal deposits attracted people from various parts of the Russian Empire and Europe.
Most cities located in the Donbas, such as Donetsk, Luhansk, Kramatorsk, Alchevsk, Horlivka, and Yenakiieve, began as company towns. Over the Soviet period, they developed into large and medium-sized cities, constituting a dense urban network. In spite of all the changes in the twentieth century, some things remained constant: the companies maintained their influence and control, and industrial…