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The war in Ukraine is the largest war Europe has seen since 1945. War photographer Jan Grarup and journalist/historian Adam Holm have documented the bloody struggle of the Ukrainians, in both the hinterland and on the front lines of eastern Ukraine (Zaporizjza, Donbas and Kharkiv). Through photography and reportage, they paint a picture of a country where death reaps its harvest daily. A country in which the fear of impending nuclear war is real and where an entire generation of children and adolescents carry iodine tablets and receive schooling inside basements and bunkers.The limited edition comes with a clothbound clamshell boxset, incl. a signed art-print and a piece of shrapnel from the war. The books will be editioned and signed by the photographer and the author.Paper: 150 gr. fedrigoni tatami white, 100 gr. Tauro offsetBinding: clothbound and foil stamped hardback

Ukraine is a misfit among post-communist states, being neither a respectable, stable democracy nor an autocracy. Nor does it sit well as a patronal political system, like other post-Soviet regimes, since the Euromaidan Revolution. This study examines the presidencies of Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskyy focusing on their common tendency to subordinate the legal system and use it as a political instrument. It finds that this pattern of power struggle concentrated in the president¿s office was, contrary to the theory of patronal politics, more dominant than clientelism. The second theme of this book is each president¿s handling of relations¿largely meaning the war¿with Russia, in the wake of the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and culminating in the invasion of 2022, as the key challenge to the nation¿s survival. One way or another, unable to reform itself or to withstand the Russian assault, post-Euromaidan Ukraine will have come to an end."An important contribution to the literature!  There is a lot of interest in Ukraine, and the focus . . . on the past decade or so is so important.¿¿Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Professor of Political Science, University of Alberta

The 2013¿2014 Euromaidan Revolution¿s call for justice, dignity, and liberty brought Ukraine, which had ¿disappeared ¿ behind the Iron Curtain for decades after the horrors of World War II, into the world¿s public consciousness. Yet, the country was soon almost forgotten again. In early 2022, the rapid escalation of Putin¿s war on Ukraine has put the country back into the spotlight. Without knowing the country¿s past, one cannot understand its present. This anthology tackles the complex history of terror and violence in Ukraine ¿ from the millionfold starvation of the Holodomor to the changing occupation regimes, from the ¿Shoah by Bullets¿ to the Chornobyl disaster. Those ready to delve deeper into the checkered, painful history of the country will better understand Ukraine¿s current quest for independence, freedom, and democracy. The volume¿s contributors are Serhii Plokhii, Timothy D. Snyder, Anna Veronika Wendland, Anne Applebaum, Eduard Klein, Gelinada Grinchenko, Gerhard Simon, Irina Scherbakowa, Jan Claas Behrends, Karel C. Berkhoff, Kateryna Mishchenko, Klaus Wolschner, Nikolai Klimeniouk, Nikolaus von Twickel, Oksana Grytsenko, Ottmar Träc¿, Rebecca Harms, Sebastian Christ, Sébastien Gobert, Viktoria Savchuk, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Wilfried Jilge, Christoph Brumme, and Yevhen Hlibovytsky.

Etude is a special admired form of writing in Ukrainian poetry practice, it is a self-expression and a study of self, artist who observes a scene and expresses the feelings arousing at the moment of encounter with the subject matter. The etudes in this collection are structured around the number 24 that is a recurring theme in the authors life.The etudes in this collection cross the boundaries betweengloomy and hilarious, between poetry and art, between numbers and feelings. In the end of this book, there is a practical guide on how to write an etude.

Snart brister alt er en digtsamling om en krisetid, der kalder på opbrud og handling. Digtsamlingen er skrevet af fotograf og kunstner Morten Bo.En poetisk ballet om jordens skønhed og paradisets forfald, her danser den døde under loftet med engle, her trædes på snegle. Digt om en krisetid, der kalder på opbrud og handling, om utrøstelig smerte og smertefri død.Snart brister alt er verden set fra himlen og stjernerne fra bunden af en tørlagt brønd. Et vådeskud med en parabellum mod tidens paradoks. Et poetisk opråb til den unge, der tvivler, at der findes en vej og til den aldrende synder, at han er tilgivet.Temaer:Værket berører flere store emner:Tæt på katastrofen, men også på kærligheden.For de der ønsker at se sig selv i andre på godt og ondt.Nærgående billeder af skæbner – eksistensialisme.For alle unge der vil have sat ord på følelsernes kaos.For de der tror at også mennesket er natur.Et poetisk opråb til den unge, der tvivler, at der findes en vej.

"Земля" Ольги Кобилянської є одним з найяскравіших прикладів, де зображується життя українського селянства на зламі століть.

Das Gebiet der heutigen Ukraine gehörte zu den zentralen Tatorten der deutschen Besatzungsverbrechen und des Holocaust. Im September 1941 richteten die Deutschen dort das Reichskommissariat Ukraine ein, das zum Zeitpunkt seiner größten Ausdehnung aus Teilen des damaligen Ostpolens sowie der Sowjetrepubliken Belarus und Ukraine bestand. Zur Jahreswende 1941/42 ließ das Reichssicherheitshauptamt dort auch stationäre Dienststellen der Kommandeure der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD aufbauen. Sie führten weitgehend die verbrecherische Tätigkeit der sogenannten Einsatzgruppen fort, die weiter nach Osten vorstießen. Doch mit einem Unterschied: Sie waren gekommen, um zu bleiben und die Dystopie eines deutsch-dominierten Osteuropas in die Praxis umzusetzen. In der Folge erschossen die Angehörigen dieser Dienststellen unzählige als Juden und Roma verfolgte Menschen und Kriegsgefangene, errichteten ein eigenes Lagersystem, verfolgten den Widerstand, richteten eine einheimische Kriminalpolizei ein und nahmen aktiv Einfluss auf die Kirchenpolitik. Die Studie untersucht erstmals die Geschichte und das Personal der Dienststellen im Reichskommissariat Ukraine und wirft damit auch neues Licht auf die Praxis der Besatzung und den Holocaust.

This book comprises a collection of essays that shed light on some of the key humanitarian issues that have emerged in independent Ukraine since the fall of the Soviet Union. With a strong empirical focus, the chapters explore pivotal events such as the 1990 Student Revolution on Granite (referring to the stone of Kyiv¿s Independence Square), the 2004 Orange Revolution (named after Viktor Yushchenkös campaign color), and the 2013¿2014 Revolution of Dignity (also known as »Euromaidan«). The book examines the evolution of a robust civil society, the emergence of a Ukrainian political nation, and the ultimate achievement of national unity among Ukrainians.These developments are not only analyzed in the context of Ukraine¿s recent state-building successes but are also viewed as a continuation of the country¿s longstanding national liberation struggle for independence from Russia. Of particular note, the book highlights the ongoing re-evaluation of established stereotypes surrounding the roots of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which the author, Kvit, presents as a clash of civilizational values.These thought-provoking essays by one of Ukraine¿s most prominent political intellectuals will prove valuable not only to those with an interest in Ukraine but also to scholars across a range of disciplines, including mass communications, political science, philosophical hermeneutics, history, and higher education.

Western academics, experts, and journalists specializing in Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia have grappled with two fundamental analytical crises in connection with the 1991 disintegration of the USSR and Russiäs 2014 invasion of Ukraine. Both crises were brought about by a similar lack of understanding of Moscow¿s inability to view its neighbors, in particular Ukraine, as not possessing sovereignty and not treating them as independent states. Typically, they downplayed the historic and current role of Russian imperialism and nationalism.The book¿s contributors investigate how the Kremlin¿s recent turbo-charging of Russiäs information warfare, 24-hour TV, and social media activity has expanded on traditional pro-Russian sentiments among Western academics, experts, and journalists. The authors analyze the downplaying of Russian nationalism, misinterpretations of the 2014 crisis, sympathetic portrayals of Crimeäs occupation, and the use of the term ¿civil war¿ rather than ¿Russian-Ukrainian war¿ for the Donbas conflict in academia as well as the think tank world and media in the UK, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Japan, USA, and Canada.

This book presents a collection of reportages from Ukraine spanning roughly one year, from February 2022 to February 2023. Its focus is on the experiences of women in the context of war, whether they are soldiers, volunteers, refugees, or do not fit into any of these categories. Through their stories, the book sheds light on how women are trying to make sense of the conflict and the unique struggles they face.The reportages vary in their content and perspective. One follows the story of a woman-soldier who had to combat invading troops while dealing with the deportation of her child to Russia. Another tells of a woman who passed through a filtration process and managed to rescue her handicapped mother from Russia. There is also the tale of a woman whose partner died in battle and who joined the army in his memory, and that of a journalist who faced personal challenges while identifying Russian soldiers.Other stories feature women who represent different backgrounds and challenges, such as a grandmother who tries to maintain a sense of normalcy and tend to her garden despite the bombing, an African Ukrainian aspiring to be a dancer while facing prejudices, and a disabled activist who rescues other people with disabilities who are stranded under occupation.Despite their different experiences, these women share commonalities such as being Ukrainian, female, and having been touched by war, loss, and heroism in different ways. Through their stories, the book offers a diverse and nuanced portrayal of the impact of war on women¿s lives.

The war in Ukraine did not start on 24 February 2022. It began eight years earlier in eastern Ukraine¿s Donbas region. In his new book, Jakob Hauter investigates the escalation of violence in the spring and summer of 2014. He demonstrates that, contrary to popular belief, the pre-2022 conflict was not a civil war. Ukraine has been fighting a Russian invasion since the armed conflict¿s very beginning. Hauter arrives at this conclusion based on a thorough review of the digital open source information (DOSI) available on the Internet. He argues that social science research needs theoretical and methodological innovation to operate in the abundant but murky information environment surrounding the Donbas War and other conflicts of the social media age. To address this challenge, he develops an escalation sequence model which divides the formative phase of the Donbas War into six critical junctures. He then combines the social science methodology of process tracing with DOSI analysis to investigate the causes of these critical junctures. For each juncture, Hauter assesses the available evidence of domestic causes and Russian interference, reaching the conclusion that, in most cases, there is convincing evidence that Russian involvement was the primary cause of armed escalation.¿This excellent, meticulously researched book is important. Not only does it provide fresh insights based on forensic analysis into the escalation of violence in Ukraine¿s Donbas region in 2014, it breaks new methodological ground: It shows how process tracing and the use of digital open source information can be combined in a rigorous way to deal with the informational challenges associated with conflict. Russiäs Overlooked Invasion brings much-needed transparency to an opaque but vital subject.¿¿Ben Noble, Associate Professor of Russian Politics, UCL SSEES¿Most previous accounts of the war in Eastern Ukraine have not gone beyond generalities. Hauter uses open source Intelligence for a forensic analysis, breaking down the events leading to war into six critical junctures, in four of which Russia is shown to have been the primary actor. Without Russia, moreover, there would have been no necessary progression through the six phases, and a containable conflict would not have become a hot war.¿¿Andrew Wilson, Professor of Ukrainian Studies, UCL SSEES

Ukrainian politics, the Russian invasion and the escalating crisis of the post-Soviet world

Stanislaw Jewgrafowitsch Petrow: Die ganze Menschheit ist ihm zu Dank verpflichtet.Geboren: 07.09.1939Rettung der Erde: 26.09.1983Gestorben: 19.05.2017Der Mensch ist ein Versuch Gottes oder der Natur. Dank der Entscheidung von Stanislaw Petrow geht dieser Versuch weiter. Hoffentlich noch ein paar hunderttausend Jahre lang. Deshalb gehört die Nacht seiner Entscheidung in jedes Geschichtsbuch.

This book tells us about how Russia fought against journalists and the freedom of speech during the occupation of Crimea and thereafter. Yuriy Lukanov, a journalist who covered these events, describes not only his own impressions, but present us also many interviews he conducted with journalists who worked in Crimea at that time. The book shows that how Russia systematically fought against free press and free reporting¿from simple restriction of access to information to physical beatings and criminal prosecution of journalist. The volume is illustrated with photos by the author and his colleagues.With a foreword by Taras Kuzio.

Dette er en piges dagbog fra de første uger efter invasionen af Ukraine. Hun fortæller enkelt og nøgternt om hvordan hun og hendes familie må klare sig i husets kælder sammen med andre beboere. Nogle af pigens venner er flygtet til udlandet, og skolen er lukket. Hun synes at hun selv må være en slags flygtning da hun ikke tør gå op til sit værelse på 14. sal og er bange for nye bombardementer. Da ellen, varmen og vandet forsvinder, rejser hun med sin mor og lillebror til en mere sikker by, mens hendes far bliver tilbage for at hjælpe deres naboer. Her kan hun få online undervisning og endelig tage den usynlige rygsæk af som hun har båret siden krigen begyndte. - Også med den originale ukrainske tekst, inkl. forslag til bearbejdelse af sorg og angst.Також з українським текстом

Dennis og Jan har atter igen havnet der de startede, som Pusher i de riges kvarter. De er i kløerne på den samme korrupte finansmand og hans kompanjong, med Kommisarie Olsen i hælene. Men alle deres fælles tilværelse skal dog dramatisk ændre sig, da nye verdensbegivenheder skaber muligheder for visse, og nød for andre. Lastbilchaufføren Tykkelars bliver også uundværlig med hans skjulte talenter, i Dickinson og Djankens bedragelige plan.Pusher Exodus tager sig rundt i nutidens verdensbegivenheder, der alle indblandede skal vælge side og også finde en vej ud, når nye gruperinger tager alt større plads med deres råhed og voldsgerninger. Hvem skal overleve, og hvem skal finde deres egen Exodus? Kan nogen ende på top, eller er deres skæbne forseglet?Fra toppen af Danmark, genem Bangkok, og F1 løp i The Tempel off Speed, til kriget i Ukraine der Oligargers Miliarder skal sikres af deres Købmand Dickinson, der flyver verdens rundt i privatflyg i hans bedragelige Rescueplan. Pusher Exodus er en hæsblæsende intriger historie, der Dennis og Jan igen må trække pudsertøjet på.Ta sikkerhedsselen på, ta passet frem, pak kofferten. Exodus is coming.

Easter is a big festival in Ukraine with many traditions and customs, some uniquely Ukrainian. Food naturally plays a big part in the Easter with symbolism and ritual involved with food over the period. Certain dishes are not allowed in the run up to Easter Sunday and on Easter day itself specific traditional dishes are always part of the meal.Find out more about the Ukrainian Easter and try some authentic Ukrainian Easter dishes with this book.

Dennis har et lille vinduespudser forretning som han passer sammen med hans makker Jan, som han også tilbringer det meste af sin fritid med.Dennis bor i eget hus ude på Amager og hans nye Amarok holder i indkørslen. For et lille vinduespudser forretning så har han det godt, måske lidt for godt?Hans kunder er rundt om i de riges gader i Københavnsområdet. Der er hans pudserbil en naturlig del af den miljø af servicebiler der servicere disse kunder. Hans usynlighed giver ham dermed også det perfekte cover til hans virklige værge. Han er disse rige menneskers usynlige link til den beskidte gemte verdens luksus, drugs. Han er deres Vindues-pusher.Gennem hans usynlighed kan han frit røre sig hvor han vil, og blir dermed også uerstattelig for korrupte finansfolk, og drugdealer der skal have deres dyrbare varer fordelt ud i deres netværk. Pusher Genesis er starten på et drama der skal omfatte toppen af finansverden der rystes af forskellige whistleblower, en berygtet narkobaron, og med kommissarie Olsen i hælene. Har de egentlig nogen chance?

The war in Ukraine has brought about a newfound curiosity and interest in a country that is often misunderstood. Beloved Ukraine offers a glimpse into this country before the recent conflict, as captured through the lens of National Geographic Society photographer, Paul Chesley, over the course of several years. Beloved Ukraine is a tribute to this enigmatic country and its people.

Why is the Russian Church supporting Putin in his war against Ukraine?Why does the Patriarch of Moscow believe that history is on Russia's side?And what are the implications for Christianity and Christian culture in the West?These are among the vital questions addressed in this timely book. Written by an internationally respected historian who is also an Orthodox believer, Holy Russia? Holy War? examines the way history and religion are being used to justify Putin's 'special military operation' in Ukraine.Katherine Kelaidis shows how Russia's understanding of its past continues to shape and direct the way it sees its future. This, she argues, is not only a problem for Ukraine. It is also a problem for all who value freedom, democracy, tolerance and the defence of human rights.Reading this book will lead you to a clearer understanding of why the defence of Ukraine is also the defence of Western freedom and values. It will also help you to see how differing views of the past can radically affect what happens in the present, how religion can so easily become corrupted at the service of militant nationalism, and how we must guard against it, wherever it appears.ContentsPART ONE: Shadows of the pastPART TWO: Who is Patriarch Kirill and why is he dangerous?PART THREE: This is not just a problem for UkrainePART FOUR: The war will end but the causes and consequences will remain, so what can be done?CONCLUSION: Two modern Russian saints

A study of war in Ukraine in the context of Western hostility to Russia.

Invasionen af Ukraine rejser endnu engang spørgsmålet om, hvad det vil sige at være sikker. Kan ’sikkerhed’ løsrives fra klasser, magtrelationer, ulighed, udbytning og de klimaforandringer, der på diabolsk facon opsummerer hele den kapitalistiske verdensorden, der nu er i opbrud? Den vestlige kapitalistiske verdensordens opretholdelse først og fremmest af NATO, men NATO-landene har i årenes løb givet sig selv mandat til at udvide operationsområdet, både kvantitativt- geografisk (Afrika, Mellemøsten, Det indiske Ocean, Stillehavet) og nu også kvalitativt i form af klimaforandringerne og de folkevandringer, de vil give anledning til – ofrene bliver til sikkerhedsproblemer.Der hersker på den europæiske venstrefløj efter Ruslands invasion af Ukraine endog meget modstridende opfattelser af den sikkerhedspolitiske udvikling i Europa efter Murens fald og dermed også af Ukraine-krigens karakter. Redaktionen af denne bog er ingen undtagelse, men vi forsøger at redegøre for det, vi opfatter som to hovedsynspunkter under overskrifterne ’Ukraine har ret til selvbestemmelse og til at forsvare sig’ og ’Stop krigen omgående’.Fordi bogen forsøger at give et i videste forstand ’dansk’ perspektiv, så har Rigsfællesskabet naturligvis en fremtrædende plads for alle tre rigsdele har strategisk betydning, og hvor især Grønlands betydning har ændret sig.Invasionen af Ukraine har stillet venstrefløjen overfor spørgsmål, den ikke kan undgå at svare på: Hvordan ser det venstreorienterede og socialistiske bud på en troværdig sikkerhedspolitik ud? Denne bog kan ikke give færdige svar, men kan forhåbentligt med sine bud på en sikkerhedspolitik, sine faktuelle oplysninger og sin dokumentation kvalificere den nødvendige debat og eftertanke på venstrefløjen.

En levende skildring af opvæksten med en kompromisløs, idealistisk mor i et moderne, rettighedsløst Rusland, skrevet af hendes datter fra et skjult eksil i Europa. Anna Politkovskaya, Ruslands verdenskendte journalist, afdækkede Kadyrovs forbrydelser mod menneskeheden i Tjetjenien, korruptionen i det russiske forsvarsministerium, overgrebene i den russiske hær og borgernes manglende rettigheder. Hun blev brutalt likvideret af Putins styre i 2006 på Putins fødselsdag, den 7. oktober. Og hun vidste, at hun løb den risiko. Vera Politkovskaya er Annas datter, hun er også journalist og har efter invasionen i Ukraine været på flugt fra Rusland. I bogen fortæller hun om sin mor, der kompromisløst kæmpede for sine idealer og frihed og på forhånd accepterede at dø for sin sag – også selvom prisen var høj for familien omkring hende. Om det russiske styres evige løgne og fortielser, når en regulær krig konsekvent benævnes som en særlig militæroperation (om invasionen i Ukraine) og dermed til nødvendigheden af at kalde ting og mennesker for det, de er – også diktatorer. Det ville Anna have gjort, og nu gør Vera det. Vera Politkovskaya født i 1980 i Rusland. Bor i dag et ukendt sted i Europa med sin mand og børn. Bogen er skrevet i samarbejde med den italienske journalist Sara Giudice.

WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV'If you read only one book about the war, this is the one to read.' -Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm'Unforgettable. An immediate history of a cruel war and a personal chronicle of unbearable loss' -Simon Sebag-Montefiore, author of The WorldKilled by shrapnel as he served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Olesya Khromeychuk's brother Volodymyr died on the frontline in eastern Ukraine. As Khromeychuk tries to come to terms with losing her brother, she also tries to process the Russian invasion of Ukraine: as a historian of war, as a woman and as a sister.In a thoughtful blend of memoir and essay, Olesya Khromeychuk tells the story of her brother - and of Ukraine. Beautifully written and giving unique, poignant insight into the lives of those affected, it is an urgent act of resistance against the dehumanising cruelty of war.'If you want to understand Ukraine's determination to resist, Olesya Khromeychuk's book is essential.' -Paul Mason, author of How to Stop Fascism[A] tender and courageous book... Khromeychuk's clear-sighted prose expresses the pain that thousands, even millions, have felt in every conflict, past and present. -The Literary Review Magazine'A touching and brilliantly written account about grief, and also about strength. I read it in one night.' -Olia Hercules

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 jeopardizes the country's independence and its chances for Western-style development. However, the heroic attitude of the Ukrainian people, combined with a solidifying national identity, makes the domestic foundations for a western turn stronger than ever. After the invasion, building strong foundations of liberal democracy will be a top priority. In addition to alleviating immediate problems, the country must also address its post-communist legacy and address the constraints of patronalism.The authors of this edited volume, leading Ukrainian scholars supplemented by colleagues from Hungary, examine the chances of an anti-patronal transformation after the war. The book provides an overview of the development of Ukraine's political-economic system: color revolutions in 2004 and 2014 brought democratic transformation, but no change in the patronage system The result was patronal regime cycles instead of the emergence of a Western-type liberal democracy in the country. Building on the conceptual framework of the editors' The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), the 12 chapters examine the impact of the war on patronal democracy, the relational economy, clientelist society, and the international environment in which Ukraine operates.This collection is complemented by the book entitled Russia. Imperial Endeavor and Geopolitical Consequences.