Akhra Ajinjal
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About the Author:

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Akhra Ajinjal
Kyiv, Ukraine

Akhra Ajindzhal is a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, and art historian of Abkhaz origin. In 1982, he graduated from the Sukhumi Art College. From 1982 to 1987, he studied at the Department of History of Art at the Moscow State University. While studying at the university, he continued drawing and painting. In 1987, he graduated with a diploma in the history of modern art of Abkhazia. From 1987 to 1992, he was employed by The Art of Abkhazia, an art magazine. He authored more than fifty articles published in Abkhazia and Russia. Since 1993, he lives and works in Kyiv.

Bookshelf
100 pms war
by Julia Nemirovskaya, editor

This excellent anthology, compiled and edited by Julia Nemirovskaya, showcases poems by Russian (and Russian-speaking) poets who express their absolute rejection of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

DesyatyjKrug
by David Gay

The documentary novel “The Tenth Circle” tells the story of the life, struggle, and destruction of the Minsk ghetto, one of the largest in the Soviet Union and Europe during World War II. (Russian edition)

1. Dislocation
by Julia Nemirovskaya and Anna Krushelnitskaya, editors

This collection focuses on the war between Russia and Ukraine as seen by Russophone poets from all over the world.

Videos
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EastWest Literary Forum Bilingual Poetry & Prose Reading. July 13, 2025.
Length: 2 hrs. 08 min