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The main reading hall of the Ivan Franko National University Scientific Library in Lviv — painted vaulted ceilings, gallery balconies of books, and readers at work under a skylight

Dispatch № 001 · The cost of war

Gone, Not Forgotten

Four years of war have burned Ukraine’s churches, museums, libraries, and printing houses. A timeline of what has been lost — and the books that remember it.

· 15 min read

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