Rural Hromadas of Chernihiv Region Amidst the War and Occupation: Experience of Survival and Resistance
- Documentation is ongoing
- Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University, NGO "Ichnyanschyna"
- Chernihiv
- 09.10.2018 - 30.04.2022
Materials collected: 1. Publications of the Ichnia newspaper ‘Trudova Slava’ (“Worker’s Glory” in Ukrainian) about events related to the Russo-Ukrainian war in the south of Chernihiv Oblast. 2. Audio recordings of oral stories from residents of the Ichnia, Parafiivka, and Dmytrivka territorial communities of Chernihiv Oblast about the events related to the explosions at military warehouses in the village of Druzhba, Ichnia district (2018) and the presence of Russian troops in Chernihiv Oblast in February—April 2022. 3. Photos and videos of the eyewitnesses of the events. 4. Diaries and memoirs. 5. Information from local authorities. The fire at the military warehouses that began on October 9, 2018, defines the lower chronological line; the upper line is the abandonment of Chernihiv Oblast by Russian troops in early April 2022. However, several materials also contain information about recovery, reconstruction, and volunteer activities in the later period (including 2024).