Natalya Alatyreva: 8 books

The book contains: A short ethnographic note depicting some traditions of Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossacks written down around 1843. Preface to an unpublished edition of "Kobzar,” the publication of which was prevented by Shevchenko's arrest in 1847. A short recollection about Taras Shevchenko...

Britain is occupied by Russians and, after a referendum with 120 % of voters saying "yes", turned into Britain oblast. A tabloid journalist, Peter Glitchens, becomes its new Prophet, with his portraits made into miniature icons. Russian colonel Volodymyr is ruling the island with the iron hand. Artificial...

Christmas stories, written by Ukrainian writers. They will take you to the wolves-infested forest through which little Vasylko gallops, trying to deliver a fir tree to the rich family and earn money to redeem his mother's boots from the shoemaker; to the snowed up fields which little Marusya braves...

“Roxelana” is a historical novel by Ukrainian writer Osyp Nazaruk, first published in 1930, yet still considered the best work about Hürrem Sultan. The book was forbidden in the Ukrainian SSR and returned to the readers only after Ukraine gained independence in 1991. Nazaruk put a lot of effort...

In a small town, lying in the shadow of a huge chalk mountain in eastern Ukraine, a family court is in session. Two young families are pitted against each other. They used to be close friends, now, the father of one accuses the other of being the real father of his son. His former friend vehemently...

Trying to escape her abusive stepfather, Mlada made many mistakes – dropped out of high school, got accidentally pregnant and almost accidentally married. When some time after her marriage she finds out the horrible truth about her husband's intentions, she decides to change her life, hopefully,...

17 century Ukraine. Cossack Mykyta returns home to Korsun after ten years of absence. There, he meets a young woman Prisya, falls in love and gets married. They are happy together but things are not that happy for Ukraine. The country and its people suffer under the Polish rule. An uprising is brewing....

The book contains:A short ethnographic note depicting some traditions of Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossacks written down around 1843.Preface to an unpublished edition of "Kobzar,” the publication of which was prevented by Shevchenko's arrest in  1847. A short recollection about Taras Shevchenko time...