'Perestrelka: surviving the crime boom in Southern Ukraine, 1985-2000'

of the ERC Project "Perestroika from Below"

The project examines the grassroots social composition of the perestoika-era crime boom in Ukraine, paying particular attention to its effects on society, identity and politics. Using oral testimony and archive research to create in-depth studies of two cities, supported by broader primary and secondary research, it hopes to yield insights that will advance our understanding of modern Ukraine, organised crime as a social phenomenon, and the USSR's twilight years as viewed from below.