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

Adele Dianova in Lviv, 1990s

Адель Діанова Adel Dianova

* 1948

Ukraine, National minorities, Artists

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, The Ukrainian declaration of independence in 1991, Dissolution of the Soviet Union and 3 more anniversaries

Maryna Demko during the interview, 2024

Марина Демко Maryna Demko

* 1969

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, The Orange Revolution of 2004 and 3 more anniversaries

Stanislav Dobrovolskyy, 1980

Станіслав Добровольський Stanislav Dobrovolskyy

* 1944

Ukraine, National minorities, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, Perestroika, The Khrushchev Thaw 1953 – 1964, Ukraine in 1990-s., Ukraine in 1986–1991

2000, June - Kyiv, Mohylianka

Ганна Довбах Hanna Dovbakh

* 1976

Human Rights Defender, Ukraine, Human Rights Defender in Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., Ukrainian student discontent (1980 - 1990), Perestroika, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, The Orange Revolution of 2004 and 1 more anniversaries

Volodymyr Dovbakh during an interview.

Володимир Довбах Volodymyr Dovbakh

* 1949

Ukraine, Scientist

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, The 1991 referendum in Ukraine and 2 more anniversaries

Olha Donechchanka during the interview, 2023

Ольга Донеччанка Olha Donechchanka

* 1960

Ukraine, Writer, Forced displacement from and within Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, 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

Nataliia Zapishna during the interview, 2024

Наталія Запішна Nataliia Zapishna

* 1984

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, The 1991 referendum in Ukraine, Dissolution of the Soviet Union and 4 more anniversaries

Nadiya Kalinchenkova during the interview, 2024

Надія Калінченкова Nadiya Kalinchenkova

* 1952

Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., The Khrushchev Thaw 1953 – 1964, Perestroika, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, The 1991 referendum in Ukraine and 4 more anniversaries

Ludmyla Kozak during the interview in November 2022

Людмила Козак Kozak Ludmyla

* 1947

Ukraine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Plast (Ukrainian boy-scouts movement) in diaspora 1945-1989

Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991

Pavlo Kozlenko during the interview, 2024

Павло Козленко Pavlo Kozlenko

* 1970

Civic activism in Ukraine, Ukraine, National minorities, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

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