Stephen Velychenko is a historian and research fellow at the Chair for Ukrainian Studies of the University of Toronto.
Velychenko's book is a valuable contribution to the multi-faceted research on the Ukrainian revolutions. It could be productively used for comparisons of the Ukrainian situation with the other 'national peripheries' of the former Russian Empire, for transnational study of propaganda in inter-war Europe, or for in-depth local studies of particular Ukrainian cities, towns, and villages during the revolutionary turmoil. -- Andrii Portnov, European University Viadrina * <em>Slavic Review</em> * This book presents the fullest account to date of the propaganda efforts on Ukraine's territory during the civil war period. -- Olena Palko, Birbeck, University of London * <em>European History Quarterly</em> * Velychenko's publication is a timely and informative contribution to the study of propaganda produced in Ukraine during the revolutionary and civil war years. Providing invaluable data for the historiography of the Ukrainian nation- and statehood construction, it calls for further sociohistorical and cultural contextualization of the competing propaganda efforts. -- Katia Denysova, Courtauld Institute of Art * <EM>H-SHERA</EM> * Ladygina presents a meticulously researched and engaging reading of Kobylians'ka's prose, addressing how ideas on the broad topics of comparative feminism, Nietzscheanism, modernism, and even fascism found expression in Kobylians'ka's short stories and novels at different stages in her life. -- Svitlana (Lana) Krys, MacEwan University * <em>East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies</em> *