{"id":15012,"date":"2019-11-18T20:45:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T20:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/?p=15012"},"modified":"2019-11-18T20:48:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T20:48:38","slug":"serhii-plokhy-chernobyl-and-lost-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/serhii-plokhy-chernobyl-and-lost-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Serhii Plokhy: \u201cChernobyl\u201d and \u201cLost Kingdom\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15013\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Cover-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15013\" src=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Cover-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Cover-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Cover-1-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Cover-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/media\/Cover-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oleksandr Krasovytskiy, general director of the publishing house Folio (left) and Serhii Plokhy (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) is a Canadian philanthropic organization that has been working since 2008 to strengthen relations between our two peoples. This year marks the sixth time we are presenting our organization\u2019s initiatives and projects to the participants and visitors of the 26 BookForum in Lviv, and, in the interests of a broader international dialogue, supporting discussions around books that reinforce and affirm the values we disseminate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On 20 September 2019, the BookForum featured a presentation of two books by Serhii Plokhy, <em>Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe<\/em>, which won the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, and <em>Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation. <\/em>The Ukrainian-language versions of these books were published by Folio.<\/p>\n<p>Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History, Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University and a UJE board member.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to view a video of the presentation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0861a6;\"><strong>Serhii Plokhy: <\/strong><strong>\u201cChernobyl\u201d and \u201cLost Kingdom\u201d, Lviv, 26 BookForum, 20 September 2019. 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