Mykola Davydiuk
How Putin’s Propaganda Works
2016 200 pp. ISBN 978-617-7173-60-0 In his latest research Ukrainian political scientist and analyst Mykola Davydiuk offers the set of essays which cover urgent questions of European political strategy. What is the target audience Putin’s propaganda is aiming for and how its mechanisms work; what is a hybrid war and how it is connected with the idea of “russkii mir� (russian world); who is in control of the propaganda; which are the ideological allies of Russia and where the danger might come from; how can we resist in the information warfare and which methods are better to use against Kremlin hybrid separatism — these are some of the questions the author answers in his book.
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Volodymyr Tylishchak 1930. U.S.S.R. Rebellion 2016 208 pp. ISBN 978-617-7173-55-6 In 1930, on the eve of the Holodomor (artificial famine in Ukraine, organized by communist party), a massive wave of peasant uprisings swept through Ukraine. People protested against Stalin’s policy of dispossession and forced collectivization. Total amount of uprisings numbered up to 4000 within a year. Some of them outgrew into armed riots. The book describes the course and peculiarities of certain protests and riots in different regions of Ukraine. For the first time the names of their instigators are opened to the readers. The story itself is complemented by rare photos from archives and different Ukrainian museums.
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Volodymyr Stetsyk
Reversal: The Chronicles of Maidan (21 November 2013 – 1 March 2014) 2018 176 pp. ISBN 978-617-7173-90-7 is a private story told by a witness and a participant of the Euromaidan – the Revolution of Dignity, which took place in 2013–2014 on the central square of Ukraine. is a chronicle of the actual events and a portrait of the country and its citizens facing the urge to choose: either standing up for the European future or remaining silent after frustrations of the Orange Revolution. Volodymyr Stetsyk frankly speaks of both fear and courage, sense of unity and discord following everyone involved in the creation of this revolution. These are memories of a person who saw the new path of Ukraine being born, lost his best friend in the fight and realized the value of the gained experience and inevitable mistakes within it. is also a document containing posts in social networks and articles in media. Those became an organic part of the main text – as documents of the era, voices of the participants, both supporters and critics of the revolution.
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Serhii Komberianov Memory Thiefs 2017 212 pp. ISBN 978-617-7173-67-9 Imagine that one day you have lost all your memories. All you have now is your body and your language. Is it enough to remain a full-fledged person? How do you know, who you are? Heroes of this exciting novel seek for the appropriate answers. Still the main challenge is to find out who has done it to them and why. This tense thriller forces a reader to think over, what people we would be without all our knowledge, experience and statuses. You have a chance to find it out in Serhiy Komberianov’s novel.
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Mariia Savchyn Thousand Roads
2017 544 pp. ISBN 978-617-7173-65-5 The memoirs of Mariia Savchyn span the time of the World War II and the period of almost ten years afterwards. During this time, the author participated in the struggle of the Ukrainian armed liberation movement, known as Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). In addition to recounting her personal life, the author describes her surroundings, various people, the UPA struggle against the Polish army and NKVD border troops, the forced resettlement of the Ukrainian population to the USSR, the UPA’s collaboration with the Polish underground etc. The author wrote her memoirs in the first person, in a colourful, lively manner, with many dialogues. As she spent many years in the underground, in different regions and various conditions, the memoirs provide us with the broad picture of underground struggle. The fact that Mariia Savchyn was the wife of a prominent underground activist and thus was well-informed adds depth to the subjects depicted.
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Symon Petliura: Fighting for the Freedom of Ukraine 2018 680 pp.ISBN 978-617-7173-89-1 This latest academic research brings to reader’s attention the Ukrainian vision of the historical events of 1917–1921 that have started with the failure of the Russian Empire and resulted in occupation of Ukraine by Bolsheviks and foundation of the Soviet Union. Symon Petliura was one of the key figures of Ukraine’s struggle for independence. He headed the Ukrainian Army in its fight against Bolsheviks as well as White forces and was one of the ministers in Ukrainian National Republic. The book provides the broad context of the events and complete image of Symon Petliura, who is portrayed from the beginning of his political career to his assassination by Russian agent in Paris in 1926. The author points out that Petliura’s figure was strongly discredited by Russian propaganda, which depicted him as an Antisemite responsible for Jewish pogroms. Rich historical material presented in the book allows to refute these historical myths. The book also contains interesting facts about Ukraine–Russia relations,and reflects over similarities with the latest events – the Ukrainian Revolution of 2014 and Russian military intervention in Ukraine that followed.
HISTORY
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Martyn Yakub Dead Models 2019 240 pp. ISBN 978-617-7173-99-0 Max Gedz is a private detective just retired from the Ukrainian Army. His first case is to find lost fashion model in Kyiv. Unexpectedly this quite simple task turns into dangerous affair. Someone in Kyiv is hunting popular Instagram fashion models.
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Chapter VI The man cut the engine and got outside. He listened. Although the daytime temperature was already close to summer, winter was still echoing at night. The man had a jacket on, but he was shivering still. He came up to the trunk and opened it. A dead brunette woman wearing a red dress was inside. In Hollywood movies, a murderer easily throws the corpse over his shoulder; however, everything happens differently in reality. Although the girl only weighed about 50 kilograms, once the man lifted her body on his shoulder, he almost bent in half under the weight — but went up the stairs anyway. The girl’s hands slapped his back now and again. He managed to move five storeys up confidently; after that, he had to stop at each stairwell to catch his breath. At last, the man made it to the top — the sixteenth floor. Breathing out heavily, the “carrier” set the girl down on the floor against a wall. As soon as he could breathe normally again, he dragged the body to the edge and pushed it down. The corpse hit the ground with a mute sound. The man peeked down, but nothing could be seen from that height. He pulled out a cigarette and lit. Although the air was even colder up here than it was elsewhere, the man stayed to smoke and look at the sleepy city. Without haste, the man came down again. He went around the building, arriving to the corpse that was now lying splayed out on the ground. The girl had fallen down on her face. The man turned her over with his foot and examined whatever had been left of her face. “That’s the thing,” he said and turned her back. He got into the car and turned on the engine, the AC and the seat heater. He left the construction site as quietly as he had entered it. “Hi there,” — he speed dialed a number. — “Everything’s been perfect.”
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