<strong>26 November 1962</strong>: First published in the Soviet literary magazine Novy Mir, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich sells out within minutes of appearing on newsstands
For the past decade in line with the political imperatives of the US-orchestrated 2014 Maidan coup that overthrew the elected pro-Russian government Snyder has sought to manufacture a rosy narrative of Ukrainian nationalism as a heroic struggle for democracy.