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Juliusz Dutkiewicz: Ethnography of Pokuttia and Hutsulshchyna in the Photographs of the 19th Century Ukrainian Photographer

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War

Is the End of the Hot Phase of the War Possible by the End of 2024? Yes, but with Compromises That Ukrainians Are Hardly Ready For
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Cancellation of the ‘Limitedly Fit’ Status Is Necessary, but Will Create Risks at the Front: What a Military Lawyer and a Combat Doctor Say
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“He Had All the Best in Him”. How a Territorial Community in Ivano-Frankivsk Region Preserves the Memory of Its Fallen Heroes. A Report by Zaborona

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Five Main Myths about Crimea. Where They Came from and What to Do about It
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“The Annexation of Crimea Is Needed to Protect Russians.” We’ve Heard It Before, the Nazis Used a Similar Scheme to “Protect the Germans” in Four Countries. We Debunk Seven More Myths about Crimea (And Show Which Totalitarian States Did the Same in the 20th Century)
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Juliusz Dutkiewicz: Ethnography of Pokuttia and Hutsulshchyna in the Photographs of the 19th Century Ukrainian Photographer
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Russia Has Found Ways to Bypass Ukrainian Air Defense and Kill More People. Is It Really That Bad?

#Colonialism

Five Main Myths about Crimea. Where They Came from and What to Do about It
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War

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Memory studies

Fortress on an Island. How Private Companies Are Mining Sand around the Historical Monument of the Austro-Hungarian Period
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Photography

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