Girls Cutting Their Locks
| Editor | Yevgeniya Podobna |
|---|---|
| Original title | Дівчата зрізають коси |
| Translator | Mariia Kovalenko |
Publication date | 2020 |
| ISBN | 978-617-7420-77-3 |
| Text | Girls Cutting Their Locks online |
Girls Cutting Their Locks (Ukrainian: Дівчата зрізають коси) is a book about women in the Russo-Ukrainian war, edited by Yevgeniya Podobna and published by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance.[1] The book presents 25 first-person testimonies by women who served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces and volunteer units during the War in Donbas (2014–2018), accompanied by photographs from the combat zone.[2][3] It is an English translation by Mariia Kovalenko of the Ukrainian book published in 2018.
Reception
Ukrainian media reported on the book's presentation in Kyiv in December 2018; Radio Svoboda covered the event and described the book as a collection of testimonies by women who served in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.[4]
In academic discussion, Anastassiya Andrianova (2025) used the anthology’s 25 first-person narratives as qualitative data for a thematic analysis of gendered experiences and discrimination during the Donbas war.[5]
Awards
The book received the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in 2020.[6][7]
References
- ^ Середа, Софія. "«Дівчата зрізають коси»: 25 історій про жінок-захисниць – фотогалерея". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ^ ""ДІВЧАТА ЗРІЗАЮТЬ КОСИ". КНИГА ПРО ЖІНОК НА ВІЙНІ". Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (in Ukrainian). 14 December 2018.
- ^ Podobna, Yevgeniya (2020-11-25). Girls cutting their locks: A book of memories / the Russo-Ukrainian War. Український інститут національної пам’яті. ISBN 978-617-7420-77-3.
- ^ "У Києві презентували книгу про вклад жінок-військових в оборону Донбасу" [In Kyiv, a book was presented about the contribution of women soldiers to the defence of Donbas]. Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 11 December 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ Andrianova, Anastassiya (10 March 2025). "Ukraine's "Invisible Battalion": Perceptions and Treatment of Gender in the Donbas War". Journal of Veterans Studies. 11 (1): 50–62. doi:10.21061/jvs.v11i1.633.
- ^ "Книга "Дівчата зрізають коси" названа серед лауреатів Шевченківської премії 2020 року". Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (in Ukrainian). 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Воєнна кореспондентка Євгенія Подобна стала лауреаткою Шевченківської премії". Detector Media (in Ukrainian). 27 February 2020.