GRANTEE
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Associate Professor; Vice-Dean for Science and Research, School of History
This project consists of a diary which records the personal experience of living under Russian occupation in the village of Mala Rohan, Kharkiv district. It contains a description of life and examples of the self-organization of residents of the bomb shelter in the local school (70-100 people); described are the general situation in the village during the occupation; the mood and behaviour of people; cases of looting; assistance to people wounded by Russian weapons; contacts with Russian troops; and changes in their behaviour. Difficulties in receiving and distributing humanitarian aid, personal considerations on how to save a family, etc. are described as well. The second section of the diary is devoted to the description of life after evacuation, living in the Lviv region.