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Sketches from a Secret War This page intentionally left blank Sketches from a Secret War A Polish Artist’s Mission to Liberate Soviet Ukraine Timothy Snyder Yale University Press New Haven and London Published with the assistance of the Frederick W. Hilles Publication Fund of Yale University. Published with assistance from the Mary Cady Tew Memorial Fund. Copyright © 2005by Timothy Snyder. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107and108of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Printed in the United States of America by Sheridan Books. The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Snyder, Timothy. Sketches from a secret war : a Polish artist’s mission to liberate Soviet Ukraine / Timothy Snyder. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN0-300-10670-X (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Ukraine—History—20th century. 2. Ukraine, Western—History— Autonomy and independence movements. 3. Anti-communist movements— Ukraine, Western—History. 4. Ukraine—Ethnic relations. 5. Ukraine— Relations—Poland. 6. Poland—Relations—Ukraine. 7. Józewski, Jan Henryk, 1892–1981. I. Title: Polish artist’s mission to liberate Soviet Ukraine. II. Title. DK508.812S625 2005 947.7(cid:2)084—dc22 2005044034 ISBN978-0-300-12599-3(pbk. : alk. paper) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Mirze gwoli z´ródel⁄ This page intentionally left blank Contents Maps, ix Prologue: Interrogations, xiii Introduction: Cubism and Conspiracy, 1 Part One An Artful Ascent 1 Matters of Trust, 23 2 Promethean Ukraine, 40 3 Theaters of Politics, 60 4 Spies of Winter, 83 Part Two A Political Descent 5 Stalin’s Famine, 99 6 The Polish Terror, 115 7 A Revolution Prepared, 133 8 Revindications of Souls, 147 vii viii PCroonlotegnutes Part Three The Local World War 9 Glass Houses, 171 10 Nazi Occupation, 193 11 Conspiring Women, 213 12 Communist Prison, 235 Epilogue: Representations, 247 Codes and Characters, 263 Abbreviations, 265 Archives, 267 Notes, 269 Acknowledgments, 337 Index, 339 Eastern Europe in 1914 SWEDEN BALTIC Moscow SEA Vil'na RUSSIAN Danzig Minsk EMPIRE Berlin GERMANY Vistula PolanWdarsaw BugLutVs'kolhyRnoivano DnieperKiev Kharkov Cracow Lwow Ukraine Vienna Galicia Dniester Zbruch AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AD ROMANIA RIATIC SERBIA BLACK SEA SEA

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