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This is a brutal, horrific, and necessary read, especially with the war, atrocities, and crimes the Russian government and its military are inflicting on its own people and the Ukraine. Putin and his ilk should have been tried for war crimes years ago. May he receive an ignoble, anonymous death, which is still not nearly fitting enough for the lives he‘s destroyed.

Possibly the most depressing graphic work I‘ll ever read, about - among other things - the great famine in Ukraine in the thirties. I tried to photograph a page that did not show corpses or famelic people.
#ukraine

Pulled this one off the shelf for a reread given current events. Outstanding graphic nonfiction about life in Ukraine under Russian foreign rule. Filled with stories of survivors and witnesses. Harrowing with haunting illustrations.

Powerful, human, and immediately relevant. The interplay of text and art made this newcomer to the genre understand what “graphic” really can mean.

I've always had a hard time reading and discussing early/mid 20th Century world history, it makes me angry and sick. This book is no different, I keep having to take breaks.

Post breakfast reading.

I was sort of tickled to find that all the translated books that I've read this year have been graphic novels - not intentional, but kind of funny! If you'd like your heart to be broken over and over AND learn some history you might have missed (I certainly learned a ton), definitely check out The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks. Very powerful. #somethingforsept #translatedbooks #booksintranslation

Graphic novels can be a great way to introduce yourself (or your middle/high schooler) to issues in modern history. Igort tackles the great famine in Ukraine, Chechnya and the assassination of a political reporter in Moscow. http://cannonballread.com/2016/06/when-graphic-novels-meet-modern-history/

Arrived today! I'm looking forward to reading this.

Igort spent two years in Russia and the Ukraine collecting stories about life under Soviet rule.

Powerful graphic novel. Igort interviews survivors and witnesses of brutal atrocities in Ukraine & Chechnya. Artwork is deeply affecting. I chose this book because of my interest in Anthony Marra's work. This covers similar ground, but it's more bleak. Powerful to read firsthand accounts.