This reissue is dedicated to the bright memory of the author.

A former prisoner of conscience with nearly 14 years of experience offers fifty articles written over 20 years of freedom — about his fellow prisoners Vasyl Stus, Yuriy Lytvyn, Oleksa Tykhyy, Valeriy Marchenko, Levko Lukyanenko, as well as prisoners of conscience Oksana Meshko, Mykola Rudenko, Pyotr Grigorenko, Yevhen Sverstiuk, and other prominent individuals. The book is valuable for its rigorous authenticity and informational richness, its moral maximalism, and the sacrificial idealism shaped in the camps. Its heroes are not just victims of the Great Terror but vibrant personalities who broke the shackles of lies and oppression. As a conscientious historian, the author provides society with information about the repressions of the 20th–80th years. As a courageous journalist, he offers bright assessments of his contemporaries — both friends and foes.

This edition is intended for all those interested in the resistance movement and the human rights movement in Ukraine.

512 pages, with photo insert. Hardcover.