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100 years ago, Kyiv's young writers sought artistic freedom. Stalin's purges cut their experiment short

A century ago, some of Kyiv's most talented young writers had the idea to push back against the pretension and mediocrity they worried were taking root in literary circles. Yet, with the start of mass repression that began under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin shortly after, many of those writers never had the chance to discover what such a project could have become. The Maisternia Revoliutsiinoho Slova (MARS), or Workshop of the Revolutionary Word, was founded in Kyiv on Nov. 7, 1926, by some of

About Ukrainian losses

Ukrainian losses include military casualties and civilian deaths since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. While Ukraine acknowledges losses on the battlefield, specific casualty figures are rarely made public. International organizations document thousands of confirmed civilian deaths, with actual numbers likely far higher in occupied territories.

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