Perestroika | Memory of Nations

Perestroika - was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated with CPSU general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev

Zvi-Hirsch Blinder during the morning prayer. Odesa, the Chabad Synagogue, 2018

Цві-Гірш Бліндер Zvi-Hirsh Blinder

* 1969

Ukraine, National minorities

Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), The Annexation of Crimea (February 2014) and 2 more anniversaries

Olena Bokova during an interview, 2024

Олена Бокова Olena Bokova

* 1967

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Ukraine

Perestroika, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, The Orange Revolution of 2004, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), 2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine and 1 more anniversaries

Sviatoslav Vasylchuk as a journalist at a district newspaper in Berezne, 1967

Святослав Васильчук Sviatoslav Vasylchuk

* 1941

Ukraine, Journalist, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

Ukraine in 1990-s., Organization of Ukrainian nationalists (1929 - 1950 рр.), Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1942 – 1954), The Khrushchev Thaw 1953 – 1964, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 8 more anniversaries

Natalia Vyshnevska in Crimea (Cape Aya) on the Independence Day of Ukraine, 2003.

Наталія Вишневська Natalia Vyshnevska

* 1969

Ukraine, Environmentalist, Civic activism in Ukraine

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, Perestroika, The Orange Revolution of 2004, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

During the Orange Revolution, 2004

Ярослава Волненко-Небесна Yaroslava Volnenko-Nebesna

* 1969

Ukraine, Artists

Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, The Revival of Ukrainian national culture 1989 - 1991, The Ukrainian declaration of independence in 1991, Dissolution of the Soviet Union and 4 more anniversaries

Ihor Havryshkevych in 2022

Ігор Гавришкевич Ihor Havryshkevych

* 1955

Ukraine, Politician, Artists

Ukraine in 1990-s., Ukrainian student discontent (1980 - 1990), Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, The Revival of Ukrainian national culture 1989 - 1991 and 1 more anniversaries

Nataliia Haidai during the interview, 2024

Наталія Гайдай Nataliia Haidai

* 1971

Civic activism in Ukraine, Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Ukraine

2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, Perestroika, The Annexation of Crimea (February 2014), The Orange Revolution of 2004 and 2 more anniversaries

Olga Gayduk during the interview, 2024

Ольга Гайдук Olga Gayduk

* 1974

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., 1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, Perestroika, 2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Olha Heiko during the interview, 2024

Ольга Гейко Olha Heiko

* 1953

Human Rights Defender, Ukrainian Dissent, Ukraine, Human Rights Defender in Ukraine, Dissident and 1 more categories

Ukraine in 1990-s., The Repressions of the totalitarian regime in the 1970s in Ukraine, Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster and 5 more anniversaries

Hennadiy Hrytsenko working on the bas-relief "Earth and Space", 1968

Геннадій Гриценко Hennadiy Hrytsenko

* 1932

Civic activism in Ukraine, Ukraine, Important cultural personality in Ukraine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine and 8 more anniversaries

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