Writer, PhD in Urban Anthropology (St Andrews), Kharkiv local. My book, Kharkiv - A War City: https://nitter.cf/t.co/v58Ocks2tQ Consulting and Lecturing.
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People (literally no one) asked me, “why don’t you take a picture of your book with Derzhprom, the main Kharkiv’s jewel?” So I did it for my favourite subscribers😁. (thanks to the great activist Ksenia Levadna for that).
300 000 books destroyed in yet another russian strike. I can barely imagine this number. I hear the explosions, I know who suffered and I know it is true. And I wish it never happened to us.
Ukrainian publishing house KSD has released video showing the destruction of its warehouse after a Russian attack on October 27.
According to KSD, approximately 300,000 books were housed at the site. The extent of the salvagable stock is still unknown, as heavy smoke damaged even the copies left untouched by flames and water.
Russia has been burning Ukrainian books, banning our language, repressing and executing writers for centuries in attempts to erase our culture and language.
Друзі, запустили з моїми прекрасними коліжанками Надією Носковою та Дарʼєю Спасовою подкаст «Сади Слобожанщини». Посилання в коментарі. Слухайте, поширюйте ❤️. В цьому епізоді про яблука, настоянки і багато іншого.
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Still time to join today’s fascinating seminar.
Our next RUTA webinar will bring together the author collective of a crucial forum on decolonial dialogues in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, featuring Madina Tlostanova and Yuliya Yurchuk as discussants, and Assel Tutumlu as moderator.
Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Russian missiles hit Kharkiv. It’s always somehow scarier than drones, even if drones land more often and kill more people daily. When a missile hits the city, just those seconds before when you read about its approach, and have time to say goodbye, it’s bizarre.
Enjoying the last batch of my favorite cottage cheese from the Kharkiv producer Agromol. I’ve been told it won’t be available for some time, because russians hit their facilities 😭😭😭. I pray they re-start soon.
Dear all, a fascinating talk on the way. Next Wednesday.
Our next RUTA webinar will bring together the author collective of a crucial forum on decolonial dialogues in Central Asia and Eastern Europe, featuring Madina Tlostanova and Yuliya Yurchuk as discussants, and Assel Tutumlu as moderator.
Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Kharkiv’s Museum of Natural History. Founded in 1807, it was based initially in private collection of the earl Severyn Pototsky, and later became part of the university. It’s one of the oldest university museums in Europe. Some photos of the haunted exhibits below.
Interestingly, attacking Ukrainian books were also popular in the russian empire and the Soviet Union. The burning of the old Ukrainian books in Vernadsky library in 1964, or burning of the Kharkiv archive in the building of projects in 1941 are among the bright examples.
