Among other things, Zelenskaya chose the following books: Poems and songs of the Ukrainian poet Gleb Babich (died in the war in July 2022), Outpost Okhtyrka by Evgeniya Podobnaya.
The First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenskaya visited the Book Arsenal literature festival in Kyiv. At the fair, the first lady bought books for her library.
In particular, Zelenskaya also inspected the stand of the Kharkov publishing house Vivat, whose books were burned during the shelling of Kharkov by the Russian invaders.
“Burning books should smell like printing ink, but they are like sadness On May 23, a Russian missile killed not only them, but also seven workers of Kharkov printing house Factor-Druk publishing house, whose circulation was almost completely destroyed at that time, is at Book Arsenal 2024. To talk not only about literature, but also how Russia destroys culture of Ukrainian and the people who created it, this is not the first time that Russia destroys our books, including libraries, shops, and museums. I consider it an honor to get at least a few books that survived -Attack of Russia This is Princess Nesvitskaya’s Izmaragd by Alexander Irvanets and Hunters of Fortune by Valery Puzik ,” said the first lady.
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Zelenskaya also chose the following books: Poems and songs of the Ukrainian poet Gleb Babich (died in the war in July 2022), Outpost Akhtyrka by Evgenia Podobnaya, The train arrived on schedule. Stories of people and the railway by Marichka Paplauskaite, House for House by Victoria Amelina (the writer died as a result of the shelling of Kramatorsk by the Russian invaders in 2023).
We would like to remind you that on May 23, the Vivat printing house burned down in Kharkov and there was a fire. There were 65 people in the printing shop at the time of impact.
Source: korrespondent
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