“We'll Remain in This Cesspool for a Long Time”: The Miners of Donetsk Speak Out

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsLewis H. SiegelbaumLewis H. Siegelbaum, Professor of Russian History at Michigan State University, and Daniel J. Walkowitz, Professor of History and Director of the Metropolitan Studies Program at New York University, have been documenting and studying the political and social transformation in the Donbass from 1988. The 1991 interviews presented here were conducted as part of research following up the portrait of Donetsk miners presented in their 1990 video Perestroika from Below (produced with Barbara Abrash), distributed by First Run Films, 127 Waverly Street, New York City.Daniel J. WalkowitzLewis H. Siegelbaum, Professor of Russian History at Michigan State University, and Daniel J. Walkowitz, Professor of History and Director of the Metropolitan Studies Program at New York University, have been documenting and studying the political and social transformation in the Donbass from 1988. The 1991 interviews presented here were conducted as part of research following up the portrait of Donetsk miners presented in their 1990 video Perestroika from Below (produced with Barbara Abrash), distributed by First Run Films, 127 Waverly Street, New York City.