"Making Ukraine Soviet examines the process of cultural sovietisation in Ukraine during the interwar years. Engaging with a wide range of primary and secondary sources, including literary and archival material, Palko grounds her argument in the cases of poet Pavlo Tychna and prosaist Mykola Khyl'ovyi. Through this unique biographical lens, Palko's skilled analysis of cultural construction sheds fresh light on the complex process of establishing the Soviet regime in Ukraine and offers both a timely re-assessment of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict and the relationship between national identity, the arts, and the Soviet state"--