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The adventures of Sofia Yablonska, fearless Ukrainian travel writer of the 1930s
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The adventures of Sofia Yablonska, fearless Ukrainian travel writer of the 1930s

by Kate Tsurkan

Editor's Note: This story is part of the "Hidden Canon"  – a special series celebrating Ukrainian classic literature and aiming to bring it to a wider international audience. The series is supported by the Ukrainian Institute. The photographs featured in this article are shared with the permission of the Sofia Yablonska Foundation, which is tasked with preserving her legacy. All photographs are subject to copyright. As the opium smoke curled around her in a dim-lit room in China, the writer

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