Andrey Kurkov, Diary of an Invasion

Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Ed. by Andrei Rogatchevski, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

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First circulation or publication Sep 2022

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Ukraine (Country of Origin)

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Non-Fiction
- Journal/ Diary

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Diary of an Invasion

is a kind of companion volume to Andrey Kurkov’s

Ukraine Diaries

(2014), both being non-fiction and thus standing apart from his other books. While

Ukraine Diaries

was primarily an eyewitness account of the run-up to, and the immediate aftermath of, the Revolution of Dignity, observed from close quarters in Kyiv,

Diary of an Invasion

is largely based on other people’s and media impressions of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which Kurkov relates from his wartime refuge in Transcarpathia. Like many of his fellow authors in Ukraine and elsewhere, Kurkov embarks on a mission to present a Ukrainian version of the disastrous events to whoever is ready to pay attention:

While soldiers are fighting with weapons in their hands in the

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Citation: Rogatchevski, Andrei. "Diary of an Invasion". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 September 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41326, accessed 28 April 2025.]

Andrey Kurkov, Diary of an Invasion

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