Ukrainian Sunrise: Stories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions from the Early 2000s

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Kateryna Zarembo Tetiana Savchynska

Ukrainian Sunrise

Stories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions from the Early 2000s

Kateryna Zarembo, Tetiana Savchynska

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Cherry Orchard Books
05 December 2024

Cultural studies; Political science & theory; Armed conflict

Series: Ukrainian Studies

This book offers a nuanced exploration of Donetsk and Luhansk regions prior to the 2014 Russian invasion. While the region, collectively known as Donbas, frequently appears in news headlines, it remains under-researched by scholars, and myths about it abound. Combining rigorous research and captivating narration, Kateryna Zarembo debunks common myths about the region, such as its long-standing gravitation towards Russia and its rejection of everything Ukrainian. Through multiple trips to the region and interviews with the locals, the author paints a very different picture of the region than the one often seen in the media: Donetsk and Luhansk have been shedding their Soviet past and reestablishing themselves as Ukrainian up until the 2014 invasion. Kateryna Zarembo takes the reader to pockets of the region most of us will never see, and amplifies the voices of locals whose agency has historically been denied first by the Soviet myth of Donbas, and then by the political elites of Ukraine. Since the 2014 Russian invasion, and especially since the full-scale war, the region has become the site of the most intense fighting, and many of the places mentioned in this book are now reduced to ruins. This book is an essential read to get to know the Ukrainian East and its people, now forever altered by the Russian invasion.

By: Kateryna Zarembo
Translated by: Tetiana Savchynska
Imprint: Cherry Orchard Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 199g
ISBN: 9798887197067
Series: Ukrainian Studies
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 05 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface. The Ukrainian East: Forget everything (you thought) you knew about Donbas Chapter 1. The myth of Donbas: An attempt at deconstruction What the mines hide Donbas and the Ukrainian language: A river filled with stones The myth of separatism: “The autonomy we didn’t want” Chapter 2. The story of Poshtovkh “We only needed ten more years” The fight for Vasyl Stus Chapter 3. The “interrupted renaissance” of Donbas: Art as protest and protest as art The founder of Donetsk’s poetry slam Luhansk’s STAN: art against the regime Isolyatsia: A reinterpretation Chapter 4. The outskirts of Europe: Does European Donbas exist? Ambivalent Euroscepticism NATO and EU in Donetsk The Euromaidans of Ukrainian East Chapter 5. The villages of Ukraine’s East as carriers of Ukrainian markers The Halychany of Donbas. Zvanivka The Aeneid on the H20 highway. Oleksandro-Kalynove Chapter 6. “Go set a watchman”: Protestants, Orthodox Christians, Greek-Catholic Christians, and Muslims of Ukraine’s East Protestants: A conversion The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv patriarchate: A confrontation The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church: Providence Muslims: A choice An Almost-Afterword. Shakhtar Donetsk FC, soccer, and the role of ultras in the fight for the country Afterword. In a train compartment with people from Donetsk, or Where Ukraine’s sun rises Key sources

Kateryna Zarembo is a Ukrainian policy analyst, university lecturer, writer, and a mother of four. She holds an MA in European Studies from University College Dublin (Ireland) and a PhD from the National Institute for Strategic Studies (Kyiv, Ukraine). Her professional path combines three passions of hers: policy analysis, academic research, and literature. She taught at the Central European University, Technical University of Darmstadt, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and the Ukrainian Catholic University and published in a variety of international outlets on the topics of international relations, security issues, and civil society. She is an associate fellow at the New Europe Center and a volunteer with the Medical battalion ""Hospitallers.""

Reviews for Ukrainian Sunrise: Stories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions from the Early 2000s

“Understanding the true story of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts has never been more important. Ukrainian Sunrise reads like a scholarly work, yet the way it is written remains accessible to a broad audience. Zarembo’s approach ensures that the voices of those in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts are heard directly—she serves not as an interpreter, but as a conduit for their stories.” —Kate Tsurkan, The Kyiv Independent