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[On being chosen to represent Lviv in a Russian language contest aged 15] At the contest in Moscow I met kids from all those countries Russia would later try to invade or assimilate: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova. The Russian Federation invested a lot of money in raising children like us from the "former Soviet republics" as Russians. They probably invested more in us than they did in the education of children in rural Russia: those who were already conquered didn't need to be tempted with summer camps and excursions to the Red Square. Hopefully I will have turned out to be one of the worst investments of the Russian Federation.

Victoria Amelina

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About Victoria Amelina

Victoria Amelina (Ukrainian: Вікторія Амеліна, née Shalamai; 1 January 1986 – 1 July 2023) was a Ukrainian writer. She was the author of two novels and a children’s book, a winner of the Joseph Conrad Literary Award, and a European Union Prize for Literature finalist.

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Native Name: Вікторія Юріївна Амеліна

Alternative Names: Viktoria Amelina • Victoria Yuriyivna Amelina • Viktoriia Yuriyivna Amelina

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Her work included unearthing the diary of Volodymyr Vakulenko, a fellow writer who was illegally detained and killed by Russian soldiers in the city of Izium in early 2022. The diary, which was buried in his garden, served as a real-time document of Russian atrocities.

Now there is a real threat that Russians will successfully execute another generation of Ukrainian culture – this time by missiles and bombs.
For me, it would mean the majority of my friends get killed. For an average westerner, it would only mean never seeing their paintings, never hearing them read their poems, or never reading the novels that they have yet to write.

The war is when you can no longer follow all news and cry about all neighbors who died instead of you a couple of miles away [..] Still, I want to not forget to learn the names.

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