Cecil the Lion Had to Die by Olena Stiazhkina xmas24politics a Soviet Union that never

a Soviet Union that never crumbled

Untitled is an intimate and innovative approach to autofiction and the act of remembering

in a few short weeks

constitute the postmodern condition of Russian culture

inventive illustrations by Yulia Sidneva and artfully translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Cecil the Lion Had to Die by Olena Stiazhkina xmas24politics a Soviet Union that neverIn 1986 Soviet Ukraine, two boys and two girls are welcomed into the world in a Donetsk maternity ward. Following a Soviet tradition of naming things after prominent Communist leaders from far away, a local party functionary offers great material benefits for naming children after Ernst Thlmann, the leader of the German Communist Party from 1925 to 1933. The fateful decision is made, and the local newspaper presents the newly born Ernsts and Thlmas in