Women of Freedom
Zhinky Svobody
Author: Mariya “Mamayka” Mirzayeva
Illustrations: black and white
For readers: Adults
Language: Ukrainian
Publisher / Series: Vivat
Year of publication: 2025
Edition type: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
Dimensions: 150 × 205 mm
Weight: 440 g
ISBN: 978-617-17-0350-6
Description:
“Women of Freedom is a collection of stories about women in the ranks of the OUN and UPA — women who consciously chose resistance and life in the underground.
The book contains numerous recollections of female OUN members alongside the author Marina ‘Mamayka’ Mirzaieva’s personal reflections on the Russian-Ukrainian war. For this reason, the author does not define the book as an academic study. Instead, it serves as a tribute to women who joined the liberation struggle, as well as to fallen brothers and sisters in arms, and is deeply emotional in tone.
Biographical sketches reveal the lives of women who could not remain on the sidelines during major political upheavals. The brutal continuity of a war lasting more than half a century forms the backdrop of these stories, in which the author draws parallels between past and present.” Vivat
