The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule

In The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule, Italian cartoonist Igort documents the brutal legacy of twentieth-century Soviet totalitarianism through firsthand interviews and stark, reportorial art. Published by Simon and Schuster beginning in 2016, this single-volume graphic work weaves together the testimonies of survivors from Ukraine and Russia, creating a powerful, human-scale account of political violence and cultural erasure. Igort’s distinctive, moody watercolors and meticulous research anchor the series as a vital work of historical witness in comics form.