Ukraine needs solidarity not ‘Crimnesia'

22 February 2022

Cambridge's associate professor of Ukrainian studies places the country's current crisis in historical and regional context, offering chilling warnings and surprising sources of hope from the aftermath of Stalin’s “Crimean atrocity”

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Still image from the Ukrainian documentary 'Twilight'

Bringing Ukraine to the screen

06 November 2015

Over the past eight years, the University of Cambridge has become Britain’s pre-eminent showcase for documentary and feature films from and about Ukraine. 

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The Crimean Tatar Sürgün: Past and Present

20 May 2014

In this article, originally published on the CRASSH website, Dr Rory Finnin - University Lecturer and Director of the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies programme - addresses the banning by Russia of the public commemoration of the deportation of the Tatars in illegally annexed Crimea.

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Pray for Ukraine

A divided Ukraine: Europe’s most dangerous idea

28 March 2014

In this article, originally published on the CRASSH website, Dr Rory Finnin - University Lecturer and Director of the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies programme - addresses the notion of a 'divided' Ukraine and the current military escalation by Russia.

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Cambridge Makes Way for Taras Shevchenko

16 October 2013

An unveiling of a special commemorative pavement marker takes place today  on the Sidgwick Site at 12 noon to commemorate the Bicentenary of the birth of a painter and poet known widely as Ukraine’s “cultural godfather”.

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