{"product_id":"i-will-mix-your-blood-with-coal-snapshots-from-the-east-of-ukraine-paperback-softback-9780810148543","title":"I Will Mix Your Blood with Coal; Snapshots from the East of Ukraine (Paperback \/ softback) 9780810148543","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eI Will Mix Your Blood with Coal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSnapshots from the East of Ukraine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOleksandr Mykhed (Author), Tanya Savchynska (Translated by), David Mossop (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780810148543\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, known collectively as the Donbas, have been major talking points since the start of Russia's war. With Oleksandr Mykhed's I Will Mix Your Blood with Coal, outside observers will have a chance to actually understand these regions from a cultural, people-oriented perspective. This vital book adds essential cultural context, and, sadly, deepens the sense of tragedy surrounding the ongoing war.\" - Kate Tsurkan, \u003ci\u003eThe Kyiv Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Oleksandr Mykhed's book is a tour de force of polyphonic reportage and essay. His voice is witty, wise, and empathetic. He approaches his subject matter - the Ukrainian east, at this moment one of the most important and most misunderstood places on the planet - with a rare combination of deep love and unflinching objectivity.\" - Uilleam Blacker, University College London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring the post-Soviet landscape of the Ukrainian east in a complex journey of loss, hope, and history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2014, the Russian army, with support from local militants, occupied parts of Ukraine's two easternmost regions - once the beating industrial heart of the Soviet Union - where coal extraction has since exhausted both the human population and the natural resources. In late 2016 Oleksandr Mykhed set out on a research trip to explore the deep history and contested present of the area from the perspective of a fellow countryman who'd never been there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMykhed brings us on a painful yet hopeful journey across the Ukrainian east, sharing conversations with locals, snippets from archival documents, and the complicated perspectives of prominent cultural figures, such as writer Serhiy Zhadan, historian Olena Stiazhkina, and philosopher Ihor Kozlovsky, who was imprisoned and tortured for nearly two years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Will Mix Your Blood with Coal\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to meet generations of coal miners. To learn about the Belgian and British investors who founded the east's industrial cities. To remember the harrowing events of the First and Second World Wars and the incalculable brutality of Soviet history. To see the activists who are even now working to improve the country. To hear sweet memories of a lost utopia that never existed. Mykhed provides a unique portrait of life in the east during the war, before the full-scale invasion that would change everything.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntro \u003cbr\u003e I. \u003cbr\u003e Kostiantynivka. . \u003cbr\u003e Pokrovsk. . \u003cbr\u003e Dobropillia. . \u003cbr\u003e Lysychansk. . \u003cbr\u003e Sievierodonetsk. . \u003cbr\u003e Bakhmut. . \u003cbr\u003e Three Fountains and Two and a Half Exhibitions \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIhor Kozlovsky: \u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cbr\u003eRegional myths were fitted like costumes that were supposed to conceal the lack of ideas and generate a mythical reality.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Kostiantynivka. 2. \u003cbr\u003e Kyiv. . \u003cbr\u003e II. \u003cbr\u003e Kostiantynivka. 3. \u003cbr\u003e Bakhmut. 2. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlevtina Kakhidze:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'\u003cbr\u003eWhen I'\u003cbr\u003em introduced, '\u003cbr\u003eHere'\u003cbr\u003es a Donbas artist,'\u003cbr\u003e I have the urge to say, '\u003cbr\u003eHello, as you can see, I don'\u003cbr\u003et have horns.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pokrovsk. 2. \u003cbr\u003e Dobropillia. 2. \u003cbr\u003e Chthonic Shubin and Holy Barbara \u003cbr\u003e Pokrovsk. 3. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoman Minin:\u003c\/i\u003e '\u003cbr\u003eThe main point of pride of the residents of the Donetsk region is their ability to survive.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Kyiv. 2. \u003cbr\u003e Bakhmut. 3. \u003cbr\u003e Lysychansk. 2. \u003cbr\u003e The War, the Welsh, and the '\u003cbr\u003eWild Fields'\u003cbr\u003e Startup \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSerhiy Zhadan: \u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cbr\u003eIf we don'\u003cbr\u003et want to separate off the east, we need to get to know it'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lysychansk. 3. \u003cbr\u003e Sievierodonetsk. 2. \u003cbr\u003e The Miners'\u003cbr\u003e Tribe and the Truth of Literature \u003cbr\u003e Kyiv. 3. \u003cbr\u003e III. \u003cbr\u003e Lysychansk. 4. \u003cbr\u003e Bakhmut. 4. \u003cbr\u003e Pokrovsk. 4. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOlena Stiazhkina:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'\u003cbr\u003eThe GULAG was no longer needed. Camps were pointless because the camp was embedded within me.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sievierodonetsk. 3. \u003cbr\u003e Pokrovsk. 5. \u003cbr\u003e Kostiantynivka. 4. \u003cbr\u003e Dobropillia. 3. \u003cbr\u003e Kyiv. 4. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVolodymyr Rafeyenko:\u003c\/i\u003e '\u003cbr\u003eIt'\u003cbr\u003es important to understand that it wasn'\u003cbr\u003et regional peculiarities that caused this war, and it wasn'\u003cbr\u003et the Ukrainians who brought it on.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Romanivka Farmstead \u003cbr\u003e The East \u003cbr\u003e The Return \u003cbr\u003e Outro \u003cbr\u003e Afterword to an\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eInvasion \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52521322807576,"sku":"9780810148543","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/i-will-mix-your-blood-with-coal-snapshots-from-the-east-of-ukraine-paperback-softback-9780810148543","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}