maksym.eristavi
@maksymeristavi.com
#RussianColonialism storyteller-in-chief. author of award-winning “Russian Colonialism 101”🪆🪓
for me and anyone indigenous who was unlucky to be born within russian empire or next to it, speaking russian has never been a choice — but rather a survival tactic.
learn more: volyahub.com
learn more: volyahub.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
for me and anyone indigenous who was unlucky to be born within russian empire or next to it, speaking russian has never been a choice — but rather a survival tactic.
learn more: volyahub.com
learn more: volyahub.com
The psychological dissonance of living next to evil while pretending normalcy—this is exactly what Europe faces today. Pilecki understood: you can’t defend against evil if you refuse to name it.
learn his story: maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/rc101-disp...
learn his story: maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/rc101-disp...
January 7, 2026 at 10:37 AM
The psychological dissonance of living next to evil while pretending normalcy—this is exactly what Europe faces today. Pilecki understood: you can’t defend against evil if you refuse to name it.
learn his story: maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/rc101-disp...
learn his story: maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/rc101-disp...
“Pilecki lived inside that pattern: continuous imperial occupation masked as separate historical episodes. His three anti-colonial resistance campaigns - against Nazi Germany and Soviet russia - weren't three different enemies—they were three iterations of the same imperial evil”
January 6, 2026 at 10:32 AM
“Pilecki lived inside that pattern: continuous imperial occupation masked as separate historical episodes. His three anti-colonial resistance campaigns - against Nazi Germany and Soviet russia - weren't three different enemies—they were three iterations of the same imperial evil”
why do i want you to learn about Lana’s story?
first, that there’s no better way to understand Ukraine and russian imperialism than through personal stories of Ukrainians who risked everything to resist it.
but there’s also something else.
maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/lana-sati
first, that there’s no better way to understand Ukraine and russian imperialism than through personal stories of Ukrainians who risked everything to resist it.
but there’s also something else.
maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/lana-sati
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 AM
why do i want you to learn about Lana’s story?
first, that there’s no better way to understand Ukraine and russian imperialism than through personal stories of Ukrainians who risked everything to resist it.
but there’s also something else.
maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/lana-sati
first, that there’s no better way to understand Ukraine and russian imperialism than through personal stories of Ukrainians who risked everything to resist it.
but there’s also something else.
maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/lana-sati
painful loss for the Ukrainian queer family. Lana aka Sati, a fearless, brave hero who sacrificed their life on the Ukrainian frontline so the rest of us in Europe can keep living as authentic selves in peace and comfort.
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 AM
painful loss for the Ukrainian queer family. Lana aka Sati, a fearless, brave hero who sacrificed their life on the Ukrainian frontline so the rest of us in Europe can keep living as authentic selves in peace and comfort.
honored to receive the Witold Pilecki Book Prize for Russian Colonialism 101 by @pileckiinstitut.bsky.social and @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
honored to receive the Witold Pilecki Book Prize for Russian Colonialism 101 by @pileckiinstitut.bsky.social and @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
“any kind of life as a colony within an empire, it really sucks, because that’s what empires do: they get the best of the resources that they could get out of you. they erase your identity.”
@dim0kq.bsky.social
@dim0kq.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“any kind of life as a colony within an empire, it really sucks, because that’s what empires do: they get the best of the resources that they could get out of you. they erase your identity.”
@dim0kq.bsky.social
@dim0kq.bsky.social
many thanks to fluctoplasma and @ukrindeu.bsky.social for landing me such a cool spot for my lecture on russian colonialism. i am bringing the story i have shared just once before. hamburg, see you soon 🪆🪓
www.fluctoplasma.com/program/colo...
www.fluctoplasma.com/program/colo...
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
many thanks to fluctoplasma and @ukrindeu.bsky.social for landing me such a cool spot for my lecture on russian colonialism. i am bringing the story i have shared just once before. hamburg, see you soon 🪆🪓
www.fluctoplasma.com/program/colo...
www.fluctoplasma.com/program/colo...
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
stop by @CORRECTIV Verlag booth at this year’s @buchmesse.de for an autograph session and pick up freshly-printed german translation of my Russian Colonialism 101 guidebook 🪆🪓
shop.correctiv.org/Russischer-K...
shop.correctiv.org/Russischer-K...
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
stop by @CORRECTIV Verlag booth at this year’s @buchmesse.de for an autograph session and pick up freshly-printed german translation of my Russian Colonialism 101 guidebook 🪆🪓
shop.correctiv.org/Russischer-K...
shop.correctiv.org/Russischer-K...
there’s no random evil in r*zzia kidnapping local kids during invasions and occupations. it is a well-tested warfare playbook that the empire successfully deployed for generations.
please read, share and support my work on this newsletter if you find it important
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please read, share and support my work on this newsletter if you find it important
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October 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
there’s no random evil in r*zzia kidnapping local kids during invasions and occupations. it is a well-tested warfare playbook that the empire successfully deployed for generations.
please read, share and support my work on this newsletter if you find it important
open.substack.com/pub/maksymer...
please read, share and support my work on this newsletter if you find it important
open.substack.com/pub/maksymer...
honoured to be invited back to the world’s largest book fair, @buchmesse.de, to talk about russian colonial warfare and which stories from the past can prepare Europe to defend itself from russian imperialism today. stop by the Ukrainian National Stand!
www.goethe.de/ins/ua/de/ve...
www.goethe.de/ins/ua/de/ve...
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
honoured to be invited back to the world’s largest book fair, @buchmesse.de, to talk about russian colonial warfare and which stories from the past can prepare Europe to defend itself from russian imperialism today. stop by the Ukrainian National Stand!
www.goethe.de/ins/ua/de/ve...
www.goethe.de/ins/ua/de/ve...
child theft isn’t just a war crime that happens during russian colonial invasions; it’s part of the strategic objective that russian military operations are designed around. read more: maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/russia-has...
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
child theft isn’t just a war crime that happens during russian colonial invasions; it’s part of the strategic objective that russian military operations are designed around. read more: maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/russia-has...
European drone wall already exists — it runs through Ukraine and all we need to do is to empower and extend it. please support these incredible friends of mine. the defence of European democracy starts with each and every of us.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
European drone wall already exists — it runs through Ukraine and all we need to do is to empower and extend it. please support these incredible friends of mine. the defence of European democracy starts with each and every of us.
linktr.ee/aidx10
linktr.ee/aidx10
omg. es ist endlich da.
vielen dank @correctiv.org für die veröffentlichung der übersetzung.
shop.correctiv.org/Russischer-K...
vielen dank @correctiv.org für die veröffentlichung der übersetzung.
shop.correctiv.org/Russischer-K...
September 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
omg. es ist endlich da.
vielen dank @correctiv.org für die veröffentlichung der übersetzung.
shop.correctiv.org/Russischer-K...
vielen dank @correctiv.org für die veröffentlichung der übersetzung.
shop.correctiv.org/Russischer-K...
Ukrainian pride march just kilometers from invading russian troops. Kharkiv Pride is the most important civil rights march in Europe and these people are the pride of the free world. congrats my dears on another historic milestone of being badass, queer and Ukrainian
September 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Ukrainian pride march just kilometers from invading russian troops. Kharkiv Pride is the most important civil rights march in Europe and these people are the pride of the free world. congrats my dears on another historic milestone of being badass, queer and Ukrainian
overnight in this Kyiv apartment building russians murdered a one-year-old toddler peacefully sleeping in their bed. child murdering is russian culture.
September 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
overnight in this Kyiv apartment building russians murdered a one-year-old toddler peacefully sleeping in their bed. child murdering is russian culture.
please support Memorialua’s work to ensure that russians don’t cover up their crimes and the stories of their Ukrainian victims travel worldwide. learning their names serves justice, too
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-memor...
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-memor...
May 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
please support Memorialua’s work to ensure that russians don’t cover up their crimes and the stories of their Ukrainian victims travel worldwide. learning their names serves justice, too
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-memor...
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-memor...
thanks to your superpowers, we’ve just closed my leg of Memorial’s fundraiser to ensure that names of the heroes protecting us from encroaching fascism are known worldwide, that stories of russian victims are not erased and that russia eventually pays for its crimes
May 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
thanks to your superpowers, we’ve just closed my leg of Memorial’s fundraiser to ensure that names of the heroes protecting us from encroaching fascism are known worldwide, that stories of russian victims are not erased and that russia eventually pays for its crimes
i am incredibly blessed with so many good people and their working moral compasses surrounding me here.
May 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
i am incredibly blessed with so many good people and their working moral compasses surrounding me here.
Zaporizhzhia 💔
this is who the world's second-largest nuclear power is at war with: the elderly and children—hunting them down as they sleep in their homes at night. the most pathetic empire to ever exist
this is who the world's second-largest nuclear power is at war with: the elderly and children—hunting them down as they sleep in their homes at night. the most pathetic empire to ever exist
May 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Zaporizhzhia 💔
this is who the world's second-largest nuclear power is at war with: the elderly and children—hunting them down as they sleep in their homes at night. the most pathetic empire to ever exist
this is who the world's second-largest nuclear power is at war with: the elderly and children—hunting them down as they sleep in their homes at night. the most pathetic empire to ever exist
a night of russian peace offerings in Zaporizhzhia, a European city of one million. the utter evil of bombing another block of flats late at night 🤯
May 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
a night of russian peace offerings in Zaporizhzhia, a European city of one million. the utter evil of bombing another block of flats late at night 🤯