У швейцарській Лозанні, столиці міжнародного олімпійського руху, 13 липня 2023 відбулася відкрита лекція про Велобум 1890х в Україні. Її провела викладачка кафедри історії КПІ Мартинюк Ольга Володимирівна для учасників Конгресу з історії фізичного виховання та спорту (ISHPES). Урочистий захід засвідчив велику цікавість серед істориків спорту до українського минулого, раніше мало представленого на міжнародних заходах вказаної тематики.
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Keynote title: Bicycle Boom of 1890s in Ukraine: Local Mobilities Between Imperial Politics
Abstract: The lecture introduces a world of bicycle producers, retailers, advocators, consumers and riders in 1890s Ukraine, at that point part of Habsburg and Romanov Monarchies. It discusses local agency in adopting western technologies, by following an import of mass-produced American bicycle brand “Columbia” in Eastern Europe. A comparison of bicycle clubs in Ukrainian parts of the two empires will illustrate, how imperial ethnic, class and gender politics influenced actual bicycle use on the ground, and how seemingly neutral in political terms local enthusiasts responded to these politics. Although Eastern Europe was late in launching its own bicycle mass-production, the cultural phenomenon of Bicycle Boom, with its enthusiasm, public debate and new standards of bodily conduct, took place at the same time with bicycle-producing western societies.
A special attention will be paid to a culture of bicycle sports, which emerged in 1890s due to efforts of local activists and a support from local authorities. New cyclodromes were sites for testing modern technologies, – not only mechanical vehicles, but also electric light and asphalted pavement. Bicycle clubs designed special strategies for funding their initiatives, which at times involved creative solutions like gambling and alcohol sales. Swept out in the course of rapid urbanization of early 1900s, the cyclodromes in Ukrainian cities remain until now a forgotten page in the history of sports, mobility and cultural modernization.
Ольга Мартинюк
