Stephen Komarnyckyj
@komarnyckyj.bsky.social
PEN award winning poet and translator at Kalyna Language Press, who is trying to save every abandoned dog on earth and return lost Ukrainian authors to the world. #FBPE #Ukraine #Poetry
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They are
a loathing of Ukrainian culture resulting in the destruction of Ukrainian artefacts and the eradication of Ukrainian language classes in the areas they occupy
an antipathy towards Ukrainian political agency. (10/96)
a loathing of Ukrainian culture resulting in the destruction of Ukrainian artefacts and the eradication of Ukrainian language classes in the areas they occupy
an antipathy towards Ukrainian political agency. (10/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
They are
a loathing of Ukrainian culture resulting in the destruction of Ukrainian artefacts and the eradication of Ukrainian language classes in the areas they occupy
an antipathy towards Ukrainian political agency. (10/96)
a loathing of Ukrainian culture resulting in the destruction of Ukrainian artefacts and the eradication of Ukrainian language classes in the areas they occupy
an antipathy towards Ukrainian political agency. (10/96)
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Київ 1919 року: Червоний терор та знехтувана республіка
Київська катастрофа як свідомий вибір киян
http://prosvit.in.ua/history/kyiv-1919-red-terror-and-neglected-republic.html
The actions of the Red Army show the two elements of Russian hatred of Ukrainian identity that we see now. (9/96)
Київська катастрофа як свідомий вибір киян
http://prosvit.in.ua/history/kyiv-1919-red-terror-and-neglected-republic.html
The actions of the Red Army show the two elements of Russian hatred of Ukrainian identity that we see now. (9/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Київ 1919 року: Червоний терор та знехтувана республіка
Київська катастрофа як свідомий вибір киян
http://prosvit.in.ua/history/kyiv-1919-red-terror-and-neglected-republic.html
The actions of the Red Army show the two elements of Russian hatred of Ukrainian identity that we see now. (9/96)
Київська катастрофа як свідомий вибір киян
http://prosvit.in.ua/history/kyiv-1919-red-terror-and-neglected-republic.html
The actions of the Red Army show the two elements of Russian hatred of Ukrainian identity that we see now. (9/96)
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impression the red army was “fighting with Ukrainians”. jnsm.com.ua/h/0209Q/
Oleksij Goldenweiser, a Jewish lawyer who witnessed their atrocities, wrote that they shot all who were connected with the Ukrainian army “particularly officers”. (8/96)
Oleksij Goldenweiser, a Jewish lawyer who witnessed their atrocities, wrote that they shot all who were connected with the Ukrainian army “particularly officers”. (8/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
impression the red army was “fighting with Ukrainians”. jnsm.com.ua/h/0209Q/
Oleksij Goldenweiser, a Jewish lawyer who witnessed their atrocities, wrote that they shot all who were connected with the Ukrainian army “particularly officers”. (8/96)
Oleksij Goldenweiser, a Jewish lawyer who witnessed their atrocities, wrote that they shot all who were connected with the Ukrainian army “particularly officers”. (8/96)
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began shooting people in the streets for speaking Ukrainian and carrying Ukrainian identity documents.
Mykola Skrypnyk, a Ukrainian communist and key ally of the Russian Bolsheviks, noted that those with Ukrainian identity papers were a particular target so that the population had the (7/96)
Mykola Skrypnyk, a Ukrainian communist and key ally of the Russian Bolsheviks, noted that those with Ukrainian identity papers were a particular target so that the population had the (7/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
began shooting people in the streets for speaking Ukrainian and carrying Ukrainian identity documents.
Mykola Skrypnyk, a Ukrainian communist and key ally of the Russian Bolsheviks, noted that those with Ukrainian identity papers were a particular target so that the population had the (7/96)
Mykola Skrypnyk, a Ukrainian communist and key ally of the Russian Bolsheviks, noted that those with Ukrainian identity papers were a particular target so that the population had the (7/96)
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These attacks consist of both hard power and soft power, military violence but also books erasing Ukraine, conversations in which Russians "explain" Ukraine to others etc. (3/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
These attacks consist of both hard power and soft power, military violence but also books erasing Ukraine, conversations in which Russians "explain" Ukraine to others etc. (3/96)
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It is necessary because those historians who dealt with the Holodomor famines previously could not acknowledge the role of Russian hatred of Ukraine or understand how Russians reflexively attack Ukraine. (2/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It is necessary because those historians who dealt with the Holodomor famines previously could not acknowledge the role of Russian hatred of Ukraine or understand how Russians reflexively attack Ukraine. (2/96)
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You can find these views in numerous Russian writers, including Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center — Solzhenitsyn on Ukraine
https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/solzhenitsyn-on-ukraine
When Russia in its Soviet form regained control of Ukraine after a brief period of Ukrainian (50/96)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center — Solzhenitsyn on Ukraine
https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/solzhenitsyn-on-ukraine
When Russia in its Soviet form regained control of Ukraine after a brief period of Ukrainian (50/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
You can find these views in numerous Russian writers, including Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center — Solzhenitsyn on Ukraine
https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/solzhenitsyn-on-ukraine
When Russia in its Soviet form regained control of Ukraine after a brief period of Ukrainian (50/96)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center — Solzhenitsyn on Ukraine
https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/solzhenitsyn-on-ukraine
When Russia in its Soviet form regained control of Ukraine after a brief period of Ukrainian (50/96)
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argue that this interpretation is flawed but in fact the Chronicle is wildly unreliable and this episode is a probably a fabrication.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=ccr
However the text allowed the Muscovites to claim that the “Rus” prince on (40/96)
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=ccr
However the text allowed the Muscovites to claim that the “Rus” prince on (40/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
argue that this interpretation is flawed but in fact the Chronicle is wildly unreliable and this episode is a probably a fabrication.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=ccr
However the text allowed the Muscovites to claim that the “Rus” prince on (40/96)
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=ccr
However the text allowed the Muscovites to claim that the “Rus” prince on (40/96)
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And means that much of our account of Ukraine last century is more about delegitimising Ukrainian statehood and masking Russian genocide than it is about finding the truth. (5/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
And means that much of our account of Ukraine last century is more about delegitimising Ukrainian statehood and masking Russian genocide than it is about finding the truth. (5/96)
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This thread is therefore the draft of an as yet unwritten book that someone else will write when academia is brave enough to face the full ugly truth of Russian genocide in Ukraine- so let us begin:
In 1918 when the Red Army first entered Kyiv after the fall of the Russian empire they (6/96)
In 1918 when the Red Army first entered Kyiv after the fall of the Russian empire they (6/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This thread is therefore the draft of an as yet unwritten book that someone else will write when academia is brave enough to face the full ugly truth of Russian genocide in Ukraine- so let us begin:
In 1918 when the Red Army first entered Kyiv after the fall of the Russian empire they (6/96)
In 1918 when the Red Army first entered Kyiv after the fall of the Russian empire they (6/96)
This thread will examine how Russian hatred of Ukraine has been hidden in plain sight and the genocidal nature of its actions towards Ukraine masked using freely available sources. (1/96)
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This thread will examine how Russian hatred of Ukraine has been hidden in plain sight and the genocidal nature of its actions towards Ukraine masked using freely available sources. (1/96)
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you a free PDF of Tychyna's poetry in translation: komarnyckyj.steve(at)gmail.com
https://savelife.in.ua/en/if
@KalynaPress @BackAndAlive (67/67)
https://savelife.in.ua/en/if
@KalynaPress @BackAndAlive (67/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
you a free PDF of Tychyna's poetry in translation: komarnyckyj.steve(at)gmail.com
https://savelife.in.ua/en/if
@KalynaPress @BackAndAlive (67/67)
https://savelife.in.ua/en/if
@KalynaPress @BackAndAlive (67/67)
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You can address a historic wrong, fight an ongoing genocide and publish a book or two that will earn you some cash and help people in a desperate situation. Why not?
Finally Russia has always tried to convince you that Ukraine could only be understood by reading Russian sources. (63/67)
Finally Russia has always tried to convince you that Ukraine could only be understood by reading Russian sources. (63/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
You can address a historic wrong, fight an ongoing genocide and publish a book or two that will earn you some cash and help people in a desperate situation. Why not?
Finally Russia has always tried to convince you that Ukraine could only be understood by reading Russian sources. (63/67)
Finally Russia has always tried to convince you that Ukraine could only be understood by reading Russian sources. (63/67)
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As we have seen it manifests itself at macro level in formal state policies but also at micro and voluntaristic level where Russians independent of state bodies try and sully and denigrate Ukraine or render it invisible. (53/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
As we have seen it manifests itself at macro level in formal state policies but also at micro and voluntaristic level where Russians independent of state bodies try and sully and denigrate Ukraine or render it invisible. (53/67)
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observed Russia(ns) seeks either to stigmatise Ukraine or render it invisible as noted here:
https://lithub.com/the-russian-war-on-ukrainian-literature/
“We must thank fate (and the author’s thirst for universal fame) for his not having turned to the Ukrainian dialect as a medium of (43/67)
https://lithub.com/the-russian-war-on-ukrainian-literature/
“We must thank fate (and the author’s thirst for universal fame) for his not having turned to the Ukrainian dialect as a medium of (43/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
observed Russia(ns) seeks either to stigmatise Ukraine or render it invisible as noted here:
https://lithub.com/the-russian-war-on-ukrainian-literature/
“We must thank fate (and the author’s thirst for universal fame) for his not having turned to the Ukrainian dialect as a medium of (43/67)
https://lithub.com/the-russian-war-on-ukrainian-literature/
“We must thank fate (and the author’s thirst for universal fame) for his not having turned to the Ukrainian dialect as a medium of (43/67)
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However, and alas, Russia has reoccupied part of Ukraine and is both burning Ukrainian books and imposing Russian literature and a curriculum which erases Ukraine on the occupied (33/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
However, and alas, Russia has reoccupied part of Ukraine and is both burning Ukrainian books and imposing Russian literature and a curriculum which erases Ukraine on the occupied (33/67)
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will be dealt with elsewhere.
So going back to our sociological framework Russia's core values— that it is the successor of Rus which was based in Kyiv— require it to continuously invade Ukraine
and strive to make its fallacious narrative true by eradicating or neutralising Ukrainian (26/67)
So going back to our sociological framework Russia's core values— that it is the successor of Rus which was based in Kyiv— require it to continuously invade Ukraine
and strive to make its fallacious narrative true by eradicating or neutralising Ukrainian (26/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
will be dealt with elsewhere.
So going back to our sociological framework Russia's core values— that it is the successor of Rus which was based in Kyiv— require it to continuously invade Ukraine
and strive to make its fallacious narrative true by eradicating or neutralising Ukrainian (26/67)
So going back to our sociological framework Russia's core values— that it is the successor of Rus which was based in Kyiv— require it to continuously invade Ukraine
and strive to make its fallacious narrative true by eradicating or neutralising Ukrainian (26/67)
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of Rus and only in 1721 did Muscovy adopt the name of Rossiya— which is actually a translation of Rus into Greek and borrowed by the “Russian” language:
https://publicsphere.eu/2022/07/stealing-the-ryurikids/
Subsequent centuries have seen an unprecedented falsification of history that (25/67)
https://publicsphere.eu/2022/07/stealing-the-ryurikids/
Subsequent centuries have seen an unprecedented falsification of history that (25/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
of Rus and only in 1721 did Muscovy adopt the name of Rossiya— which is actually a translation of Rus into Greek and borrowed by the “Russian” language:
https://publicsphere.eu/2022/07/stealing-the-ryurikids/
Subsequent centuries have seen an unprecedented falsification of history that (25/67)
https://publicsphere.eu/2022/07/stealing-the-ryurikids/
Subsequent centuries have seen an unprecedented falsification of history that (25/67)
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Journalists and academics from outside of Russia can gain status by researching the war and reporting it.
Crucially their careers depend in both instances on scoops and Russia controls access to archives concerning countries it has occupied in many instances and also territory which it (19/67)
Crucially their careers depend in both instances on scoops and Russia controls access to archives concerning countries it has occupied in many instances and also territory which it (19/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Journalists and academics from outside of Russia can gain status by researching the war and reporting it.
Crucially their careers depend in both instances on scoops and Russia controls access to archives concerning countries it has occupied in many instances and also territory which it (19/67)
Crucially their careers depend in both instances on scoops and Russia controls access to archives concerning countries it has occupied in many instances and also territory which it (19/67)
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president or volunteers dancing with the skull of a Ukrainian soldier
(yes that did happen) in itself an assertion of Russian power over Ukraine by a monopoly of state sanctioned violence on the territory of another state. (18/67)
(yes that did happen) in itself an assertion of Russian power over Ukraine by a monopoly of state sanctioned violence on the territory of another state. (18/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
president or volunteers dancing with the skull of a Ukrainian soldier
(yes that did happen) in itself an assertion of Russian power over Ukraine by a monopoly of state sanctioned violence on the territory of another state. (18/67)
(yes that did happen) in itself an assertion of Russian power over Ukraine by a monopoly of state sanctioned violence on the territory of another state. (18/67)
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You can read a definition of the term here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power
However I will develop the original concept coined by Joseph Nye on the basis of three sociological schools, conflict theory, functionalism and symbolic interactionism, and also experimental (2/67)
However I will develop the original concept coined by Joseph Nye on the basis of three sociological schools, conflict theory, functionalism and symbolic interactionism, and also experimental (2/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
You can read a definition of the term here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power
However I will develop the original concept coined by Joseph Nye on the basis of three sociological schools, conflict theory, functionalism and symbolic interactionism, and also experimental (2/67)
However I will develop the original concept coined by Joseph Nye on the basis of three sociological schools, conflict theory, functionalism and symbolic interactionism, and also experimental (2/67)
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God is on the side of the big battalions as Napoleon said but wars are also waged in books and conversations and through an array of means we call soft power. This thread the third in a series on this topic will sketch out a conceptual framework and look at some examples. (1/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
God is on the side of the big battalions as Napoleon said but wars are also waged in books and conversations and through an array of means we call soft power. This thread the third in a series on this topic will sketch out a conceptual framework and look at some examples. (1/67)
God is on the side of the big battalions as Napoleon said but wars are also waged in books and conversations and through an array of means we call soft power. This thread the third in a series on this topic will sketch out a conceptual framework and look at some examples. (1/67)
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
God is on the side of the big battalions as Napoleon said but wars are also waged in books and conversations and through an array of means we call soft power. This thread the third in a series on this topic will sketch out a conceptual framework and look at some examples. (1/67)
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Ukraine is NOT surprised.
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ukraine is NOT surprised.
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