Zustrichi

Zustrichi («Зустрічі»; Polish: Zustriczi; Meetings). An irregular Ukrainian sociopolitical and cultural magazine published in Warsaw in 1984–94 (28 issues in total) at the initiative of Ukrainian students and young intellectuals, most of whom were descendants of Ukrainians forcibly resettled during the 1947 Operation Wisła. The magazine was initially published by the Ukrainian Social and Cultural Society (USKT), and from 1990 by the Association of Ukrainians in Poland. From 1987 it also featured Polish, Belarusian, and Lithuanian sections.

Zustrichi published articles on sociopolitical topics, provided information about the life of the Ukrainian national minority in Poland, and materials pertaining to Ukrainian culture and history. It also discussed Ukrainian issues from the European and global perspectives, paying special attention to matters of religion and international relations. It published poetry and prose by such authors as Mykola Khvylovy, Yevhen Hutsalo, Valerii Shevchuk, Bohdan Ihor Antonych, Vasyl Stus, Ivan Drach, Lina Kostenko, Vasyl Holoborodko, Yuri Andrukhovych, Emma Andiievska, and Ihor Kalynets; essays and sociopolitical journalism by Dmytro Chyzhevsky, George Yurii Shevelov, Yevhen Sverstiuk, Mykola Riabchuk, and Ivan Dziuba; translations from Ukrainian, Polish, and American literatures (works by Witold Gombrowicz, Valeriian Pidmohylny, Mykola Khvylovy, Vasyl Symonenko, Vasyl Stus, Lina Kostenko, and others). Several thematic issues of Zustrichi were also published, dedicated to Ukrainian-Polish relations, Ukrainian-Russian relations, Ukrainian-Jewish relations, the Ukrainian Catholic church, nationalism, and alternative literature.

Zustrichi was edited by Bohdan Tchir (Tkhir) (1984–86), Bohdan Huk (1986–90), and Myroslav Chekh (Mirosław Czech) (1990–95). The editorial board included Ola Hnatiuk, Roman Kryk, Halyna Leskiv, Andriі Marushechko, Lidia Stefanovska, Myroslav Sych, Andrii Zabrovarny, Andrii Zelvak, and others.

Roksana Kharchuk

[This article was written in 2026.]