"I was dying together with my hometown": Ukrainian journalist releases book about her memories of the siege of Mariupol.

Ukrainian journalist Nadiya Sukhorukova and the characters of her book Mariupol. Hope" shared their stories with the Museum of Civilian Voices of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation. During the blockade of her native Mariupol, Nadiya kept a diary, excerpts from which were read in the European Parliament and published in the world media. After the evacuation, the journalist wrote a book about her personal experience, which was translated into English and sold on Amazon, the world's largest book platform.

Nadiya's story at the Museum of Civilian Voices: https://civilvoicesmuseum.org/stories/%22kogda-ya-pishu-to-mne-stanovitsya-gorazdo-legche-ya-delyus-svoej-bolyu%22

"A neighbour said that God had left Mariupol. He was afraid of everything he saw. I am alive, and I will live for a long time. But my city is dying a painful death. For twenty days, I was dying with it. I was in hell," Nadiya wrote about what she went through.

More about the book — https://www.amazon.com/MARIUPOL-HOPE-Survival-During-Survivors-ebook/dp/B0CPB37DT8/

On March 21st, 2022, The New York Times first published excerpts from Nadiya Sukhorukova's diary, which described evidence of Russia's real crimes in Ukraine. The diary was also published in the UK, the USA, Germany, Ukraine, and Scotland.

They were read out in the European Parliament by the then Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, now President Edgars Rinkēvičs. "Mariupol. Lost Hope, " a documentary based on the book, was also shown in the European Parliament. 

"I was born in Mariupol and have lived there all my life. It is the city of my childhood, love, and happiness. I never thought I would see it dead. I could not even imagine that I would be describing his agony. I didn't expect to survive this hell, so I tried to record the events to leave a mark," Nadiya Sukhorukova writes in her book.

An eyewitness to terrible events, grief, and loss shares her emotions and the truth with the reader firsthand. The Museum of Civilian Voices of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation shares this mission, which has already collected more than 97,000 live testimonies of Ukrainians about their wartime experiences. The Museum collects and shares stories about Russia's war in Ukraine with the world to preserve historical memory and restore justice.

Tell your story on the Museum's portal https://civilvoicesmuseum.org/ or the free hotline 0 (800) 509 001