Serhiy Viktorovych Zhadan is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, essayist, musician, translator, and social activist.
Serhiy Zhadan
Serhiy Zhadan, 2015, Wrocław
Serhiy Zhadan at "Rock for change" rally in Kharkiv, 2013
Zhadan in the 2017 Odesa International Film Festival
Starobilsk is a city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Starobilsk Raion. The modern settlement was founded in 1686, and it was granted city status in 1938. The city has a population of 15,947. As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has been under Russian occupation since March 2, 2022.
Luhansk National University building in Starobilsk
Starobilsk in 1911
Memorial plaque to Polish POWs held by the Soviets in the local POW camp and then murdered in the Katyn massacre
Starobilsk dam on Aidar River