[Cz-L] introducing myself

Dear Czernowitz-L subscribers,

I would like to introduce myself to the group. My name is Svitlana
Frunchak, I am a PhD candidate at University of Toronto working on a
dissertation on late-Stalinist Chernivtsi. My tentative thesis title
is Frontiers of Soviet: The Late-Stalinist Urban Transformation of the
Borderland City of Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 1940-1953. Although
technically a dissertation on Soviet history, it will be to a large
degree about the tremendous cultural change in the city; about
transforming Czernowitz into Chernivtsi. One of my central research
questions is how conscious and serious were Soviet power's efforts to
eliminate the signs of Jewish historical presence in the city, and how
these efforts were connected to the late-Stalinist official
anti-Semitism.
I was thrilled to discover czernowitz.ehpes.com with its amazing
archives and the listserv. I have so many questions to the members of
the group, and will have million more as my research goes on.
I will do the bulk of my archival research in Chernivtsi archives in
May-August 2008, to be followed by trips to Kiev and Moscow archives.

By the way, I was born in Chernivtsi and lived there until 1999; my
family is still there. I would be happy to help people who plan to
visit the city with information and contacts.
I will write more shortly…

Sincerely,
Svitlana


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Svitlana Frunchak, MA

PhD Candidate,
Department of History
Room 2076, Sidney Smith Hall
University of Toronto
100 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G3
Canada

Phone: 416-7354674
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