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Threats of rape and head shaving. From the Gulag to the colony in Olenivka —

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Threats of rape and head shaving. From the Gulag to the colony in Olenivka —

In the methods of torture and destruction of Ukrainians, Russians use the same practices as decades ago: torture and imprison people with an active pro-Ukrainian position, trying to erase identity and break them psychologically. Hundreds of Ukrainian women, military and civilian, remain in Russian captivity. On October 17, Ukraine managed to return 108 of them as part of the exchange. In this text, together with the researcher Oksana Kis, we compare two experiences: the memories of women who were political prisoners of the Gulag and the current testimonies of liberated Ukrainian women.
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