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- ↑ "Die ukrainische Künstlerin Yevgenia Belorusets - Kleine Alltagswelten inmitten des Krieges".
- ↑ "Internationaler Literaturpreis 2020". 21 January 2022.
- ↑ "Yevgenia Belorusets".
- ↑ "A wartime diary by Yevgenia Belorusets".
- ↑ "'Most stayed': Ukrainian artist Yevgenia Belorusets in Kyiv | DW | 02.03.2022". Deutsche Welle .
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