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

Olena Kostenko, 2022

Олена Костенко Olena Kostenko

* 1973

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Ukraine, Journalist

Ukrainian student discontent (1980 - 1990), Perestroika, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, The 1991 referendum in Ukraine, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014) and 6 more anniversaries

Mykhailo Kurochka during an interview (2022)

Михайло Курочка Mykhailo Kurochka

* 1957

Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, The Orange Revolution of 2004, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014) and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Levinov in 2025

Павел Левінаў Pavel Levinov

* 1961

Human Rights Defender, Refugee, Belarus

Perestroika

Антон Литвин, 2022

Антон Литвин Anton Litvin

* 1967

Russia, Emigrant

Perestroika

Third-year student

Люба Маринович Liuba Marynovych

* 1948

Ukrainian Dissent, Ukraine, Important cultural personality in Ukraine, Relative of a political prisoner

Ukraine in 1990-s., The Repressions of the totalitarian regime in the 1970s in Ukraine, Perestroika, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, The Revival of Ukrainian national culture 1989 - 1991 and 4 more anniversaries

Viktor Muchnik, 2024

Виктор Мучник Viktor Muchnik

* 1958

Russia, Emigrant, Journalist

Perestroika

Masi Nayyem during the interview in April 2023

Масі Мустафа Найєм Masi Mustafa Nayyem

* 1984

Human Rights Defender, Human Rights Defender in Ukraine, Emigrant, Lawyer, National minorities and 3 more categories

Ukraine in 1990-s., 1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, Perestroika, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), 2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine and 1 more anniversaries

Ehlla Nesterenko during the interview, 2024

Елла Нестеренко Ehlla Nesterenko

* 1970

Civic activism in Ukraine, Ukraine

2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Perestroika, The 1991 referendum in Ukraine and 4 more anniversaries

Oksana Novikova. Simferopol, 2009

Оксана Новікова Oksana Novikova

* 1976

Ukraine, Forced displacement from and within Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014) and 3 more anniversaries

Natalia Pimkina. Kramatorsk, late 1980s

Наталія Пімкіна Natalia Pimkina

* 1964

Ukraine, Forced displacement from and within Ukraine

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

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