On Thursday 22 October at 13:00, Elena Kostioukovitch will present her book "Kyiv. A fortress over the abyss" at the University of Granada (Centro de Culturas Eslavas) in Granada, Spain. The event will take place at Sala de Conferencias de la Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación (University of Granada)
On Wednesday 21 October at 20:00, Elena Kostioukovitch will present her book "Kyiv. A fortress over the abyss" at the University of Granada (Centro de Culturas Eslavas) in Granada, Spain. Alongside her, the musical project Trio Intermezzo (Anna Milman, Larisa Tedtoeva and Mikhail Milman) will play works by Shostakovich and Glinka that will provide a musical landscape to the book themes.
On Saturday 3 October at 12:00, Elena Kostioukovitch will present her book "Kyiv. A fortress over the abyss" at Pisa Book Festival, at Auditorium Navi Antiche.
On Thursday 17 September 2026 at 20:45, Elena Kostioukovitch took part in an event in honour of the Ukrainian resistance at Cafè Rouge inside Teatro Franco Parenti in Milan (via Pier Lombardo 14, 20144, Milano). The event was hosted by Alessandro Litta Modignani. Ukrainian editor, Oleksandr Krasovitsky and Italian journalist, Andrea Valesini, were the other guests appearing on stage.
On 8 September 2026, Elena Kostioukovitch visited the headquarters of the Ukrainian publishing house Folio, which published her book in Ukraine in such devastating circumstances.
On 4 September 2026, Elena Kostioukovitch presented the Ukrainian edition of her new book "Kyiv. A fortress above the abyss" at the Holocaust Research Centre in Odessa, Ukraine.
On 3 September 2026, Elena Kostioukovitch presented the Ukrainian edition of her new book "Kyiv. A fortress above the abyss" at Odesa National Scientific Library in Odesa, Ukraine.
On 3 September 2026, Elena Kostioukovitch had a lecture at Odesa Law Academy in Odessa, Ukraine.
At the event, she was also awarded a commemorative medal.
The Spanish edition of Elena Kostioukovitch's book "Kyiv. A fortress over the abyss" ("Kiev. Una fortaleza sobre el abismo") was mentioned in an article by Mauricio Bach on La Vanguardia, among other books featuring references to 20th century history.
On 6 March 2026 at 18.00, Elena Kostioukovitch took part in a conference named "Ukraine, 4 years on: Remembrance, Resistance and Hope" at Salone delle ACLI in Milan (via Bernardino Luini, 5). Elena Kostioukovitch was one of the speakers, alongside political analyist Kateryna Sadilova, journalist Andrea Valesini, politician Paolo Bergamaschi and Svitlana Tereshchenko.
Elena Kostioukovitch's book "Kyiv. A fortress over the abyss" was mentioned in an article by Alvaro Colomer on La Vanguardia. The article provides an overview of the most relevant current Eastern-European authors.
