Ukraine in Histories and Stories

This fascinating collection of texts by contemporary Ukrainian writers, historians, philosophers, political analysts, and opinion leaders combines reflections on Ukraine’s history—or histories—and analyses of the present as well as conceptual ideas and life stories. The authors present a multi-faceted image of Ukrainian memory and reality: from the Holodomor to Maidan, from Russian aggression to cultural diversity, from the depth of the past to the complexity of the present.



Essential reading for anyone interested in Ukraine.



The contributors of this book are prominent Ukrainian historians, writers, philosophers, political analysts, and intellectuals.



The book was published with support from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.



Volodymyr Yermolenko (born in 1980) is a Ukrainian philosopher, writer, and journalist, author of several books of non-fiction and fiction and of many articles and essays for Ukrainian and international media. He holds a doctoral degree in Political Studies (EHESS, Paris) and is lecturer at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He works as director of analytics at Internews Ukraine and as editor-in-chief of ukraineworld.org, aiming at explaining Ukrainian developments to an international audience in English.