On Thursday 22 October at 13:00, Elena Kostioukovitch presented her book "Kyiv. A fortress over the abyss" at the University of Granada (Centro de Culturas Eslavas) in Granada, Spain. The event took place at Sala de Conferencias de la Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación (University of Granada).
On Wednesday 21 October at 20:00, Elena Kostioukovitch presented 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 provided a musical landscape to the book themes.
On 4 October 2026, Elena Kostioukovitch was interviewed by Carlo Venturini for the Tuscan newspaper La Nazione, after her appearance at Pisa Book Festival the day before.
On 7 September 2026, Elena Kostioukovitch featured in an event about the legacy of Umberto Eco at National University V. N. Karazin in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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.
