Olena Stiazhkina

Ukrainian historian, PhD in history, Professor of History, Leading Research Fellow at the Department of Ukrainian History in the second half of the XX century (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). She is also a Ukrainian writer, member of the Ukrainian PEN. Before Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014 lived in Donetsk. After fleeing occupation, she founded a nonprofit called Deoccupation. Homecoming. Education. Research interests: soviet history, women’s history, history of WW2.