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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 Vladivostok

Vladivostok is a city in far eastern Russia with a population of approximately 600,000, located 9,300 kilometers (5,778 miles) from Moscow on the Pacific coast. The city serves as Russia's main Pacific naval base and hosts military facilities. Vladivostok's strategic importance has increased as Russia deepens military and economic cooperation with China and North Korea during the war against Ukraine.

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