Dreaming a City - From Wales to Ukraine — The Story of Hughesovska/Stalino/Donetsk

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Hanes tref Hughesovka yn yr Iwcrain, a sefydlwyd yn yr 1870au gan John Hughes a 70 o weithwyr o Gymru, ac a elwid wedyn yn Stalino ac yn ddiweddarach yn Donetsk. Cynhwysir DVD am ddim o'r rhaglen ddogfen arobryn 'Hughesovka and the New Russia', a gyfarwyddwyd gan yr awdur ac a gyflwynwyd gan Gwyn Alf Williams. Enillodd y rhaglen hon Wobr BAFTA Cymru yn 1991.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

The history of Ukrainian town Hughesovka, a mining/steel town founded in the 1870s by Welsh entrepreneur John Hughes and 70 Welsh workers, which later became Stalino and then Donetsk. Includes free DVD of 1991 BAFTA Cymru-winning documentary series 'Hughesovka and the New Russia', directed by the author and presented by Gwyn Alf Williams.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Prologue: Day Dreaming 1 Mud and Bullock Carts 2 Icy Winds in the Blast Furnace 3 Slow Approach of Thunder 4 Revolution 5 The Shadow of Stalin 6 Jackboots in Stalino 7 A Town Without Men 8 New Town, Old Ways 9 Seeing for Ourselves 10 Blood and Belonging 11 Return Journey 12 Epilogue

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Colin Thomas is a prize-winning documentary screenwriter and producer, whose accolades include the Celtic Film and TV Festival Jury Award; the Gold Award at Houston International Film Festival; the Prix Europa and three BAFTA Cymru awards. The TV documentary series, Hughesovka and the New Russia , from which this book stems, won Best Documentary at the inaugural BAFTA Cymru awards in 1991. His BBC Radio 4 drama documentary on the subject of this book, Hiraeth in Hughesovka , was broadcast in 2008. Reviews of his Documentaries The Dragon has Two Tongues : “its... uniquely provocative approach to history will have sent more than one documentary film maker... back to the drawing board” - The Times ); The Divided Kingdom : “the name of Colin Thomas... a guarantee of intelligence and scrupulous integrity” - The Financial Times ; Hughesovka and the New Russia , and the UK network-transmitted Border Crossing on Raymond Williams: “splendid” - The Guardian .

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

In the inaugural BAFTA Cymru ceremony in 1991, author Colin Thomas received the BAFTA for Best Documentary for the TV series 'Hughesovka and the New Russia', directed by himself and presented by eminent Welsh historian Gwyn Alf Williams. This short volume of social and political history stems from that series. It looks into how the town came to be founded in the 1870s by a Welshman in what was then the Russian-held territory of Ukraine, and traces its subsequent history through industrialisation, revolution, Communist rule as part of the USSR and the independence of Ukraine on the USSR's break-up. Anyone struggling to understand the present-day war in Ukraine will find this rewarding background reading on the complex situation which still entangles Ukraine, Russia and the West to this day. “The recent events in the East of Ukraine make this book very current and an important piece of the puzzle for anyone who wants to understand the situation in which Russia, Ukraine and the West are all entangled.” Alexander Korobko, CEO, Russian Hour “The name Colin Thomas... a guarantee of intelligence and scrupulous integrity.” The Financial Times “A book for anyone interested not only in one man's remarkable vision and drive, but also social and political history played out on a large stage, but examined on a very human level.” Michael Nobbs, Gwales.com