All the last days there has been nothing but talk about the upcoming offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — and about its possible directions. Zaporozhye is called one of the most likely. But what do we know about this place? By and large, not so much.
What does the legendary anarchist Nestor Makhno have to do with the fate of Zaporozhye? And what are the no less legendary heroes of Repin's painting? And why is the current Zaporozhye region and historical Zaporozhye "not exactly the same" or even "not at all the same"?