London Ukrainian Review

A special publication of the Ukrainian Institute London

Image: Artist Andrii Sahaidakovskyi in the process of creating a wall inscription, Mystetskyi Arsenal. Photo by Oleksandr Popenko.

London Ukrainian Review is a special publication of the Ukrainian Institute London.


Dedicated to the three decades of Ukraine’s independence, it discusses the challenges of climate and sustainability, achievements in cinema, literature, and academia, while looking ahead to what Ukraine has to offer to the world.


The Ukrainian Institute London hopes that this special publication will grow into a journal of culture, ideas, and new writing that will tackle global challenges through the prism of Ukraine while adopting a distinctly internationalist perspective on the Ukrainian past and present.


We are inspired by Ukraine’s position as a gateway to Europe, a cultural crossroads, and a treasure trove of resistance strategies. We aim to open up the diversity of Ukrainian perspectives and experiences to new international audiences.


If you wish to see regular issues of the London Ukrainian Review covering an array of topics – from literature and art to politics and the environment, through a variety of forms, including intellectual essay, reportage, poetry, short fiction and visual art – please support us by making a donation to our crowdfunding campaign.


Image: Still from Atlantis (2019), dir. Valentyn Vasyanovych.

Ukraine on Screen: Films of Independence

Vitaly Chernetsky


Image: Misko Barbara at the Fortmissiya festival, 2009. Photo by Yurko Dyachyshyn

Far from Paris: Ukrainian Literature and Independence

Uilleam Blacker


Photo: Oleksiy Tolmachov, Khortytsia after Fire

Life after Coal: Ukraine’s Climate Challenge

Anna Ackermann


Ukraine as an Object of Knowledge: The State of Ukrainian Studies

Sasha Dovzhyk


Image: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1562, Wiki Commons.

The War of Memory: Olena Stiazhkina’s Cecil the Lion’s Death Made Sense

Mariana Matveichuk


Image: Courtesy of Olga Danyluk.

Ukrainian Ballet Gala: Bringing Ukraine’s Culture to the World

Luke Stamps


Image: Oleksandra Ekster, Sketch for Bacchante costume , Famira Kifared (detail), 1916

Ukraine at 30

Olesya Khromeychuk, Sasha Dovzhyk, and Iryna Shuvalova

Part I: How to Love Your Homeland Properly by Olesya Khromeychuk

Part II: An Abundance of Emptiness by Sasha Dovzhyk

Part III: The ‘Mova’ I Live In by Iryna Shuvalova


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