A prayer for Ukraine: the improbable identity of Hryts'ko Kernerenko -- Between two fires: the national-Communist utopia of Ivan Kulyk -- Writing the body: the passion and freedom of Raisa Troianker -- Being for the victims: Leonid Pervomais'kyi's ethical responses to violence -- A messiah from Czernowitz: the language and faith of Moisei Fishbein.