Kurds'komu bratovi

"Kurds'komu bratovi" (Ukrainian: Курдському братові,^[1] transl. To a Kurdish Brother)^[2] is an Aesopian^[3] poem written by the Ukrainian Vasyl Symonenko in March 1963 and disseminated clandestinely in samizdat until 1965 when it appeared posthumously in the German journal Suchasnist.^[3]^[4]^[5] It has been described as one of Symonenko's greatest works^[6] and made Symonenko a national hero and one of the most important figures in Ukrainian literature.^[4] The poem appeared during the height of the First Iraqi-Kurdish War in which the Soviet Union was involved.^[7]

In 1968, an agricultural college lecturer named Mykola Kots was sentenced to seven years in camp and five years in exile after disseminating copies of the poem in which the word "Kurd" was replaced with "Ukrainian".^[3]

^ Vasyl Symonenko (2008). Вибране (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Biblioteka skil'noï klasiki. p. 22. ISBN 978-966-661-585-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^ Vera Rich (1972). Ukrainian Herald Issue IV (PDF). Munich: ABN Press Bureau. p. 86. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Victor Swoboda (March 1973). "Cat and mouse in the Ukraine". Index on Censorship. 2 (1): 81–90. doi:10.1080/03064227308532203. S2CID 144457388.
^ ^a ^b Svitlana Kobets. "Vasyl Symonenko - Ukrainian poet 1935-1963". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ Ivan Koshelivets, ed. (January 1965). ""Суча́сність" — літератури, мистецтва, суспільного життя" (PDF). Сучасність (Suchanist') (in Ukrainian) (41). Munich: 9–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- Василь Симоненко - Ти знаєш, що ти - Людина (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Kyiv. 2005. p. 146. ISBN 966-00-0316-1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Симоненко В. - поет, народжений з любові. Літературний портрет". Librportal (in Ukrainian). 2002. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ Oleg Pokalchuk (27 December 2017). "Про братерство по розуму". DT.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

[1] Vasyl Symonenko (2008). Вибране (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Biblioteka skil'noï klasiki. p. 22. ISBN 978-966-661-585-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.

[Vera-2] Vera Rich (1972). Ukrainian Herald Issue IV (PDF). Munich: ABN Press Bureau. p. 86. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[swoboda-3] Victor Swoboda (March 1973). "Cat and mouse in the Ukraine". Index on Censorship. 2 (1): 81–90. doi:10.1080/03064227308532203. S2CID 144457388.

[Kobets-4] Svitlana Kobets. "Vasyl Symonenko - Ukrainian poet 1935-1963". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[5] Ivan Koshelivets, ed. (January 1965). ""Суча́сність" — літератури, мистецтва, суспільного життя" (PDF). Сучасність (Suchanist') (in Ukrainian) (41). Munich: 9–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- Василь Симоненко - Ти знаєш, що ти - Людина (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Kyiv. 2005. p. 146. ISBN 966-00-0316-1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[6] "Симоненко В. - поет, народжений з любові. Літературний портрет". Librportal (in Ukrainian). 2002. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[7] Oleg Pokalchuk (27 December 2017). "Про братерство по розуму". DT.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]