So far, its publications include Sergey Davydov’s groundbreaking queer novel “Springfield”, numerous books in Ukrainian, and Dmitry Bykov’s portrait of Volodymyr Zelensky, entitled “VZ”, which plays off the fact that V and Z are both prominent pro-war symbols in Russia.
Founder Georgy Urushadze has long been an important figure in the Russian literary scene, working as a journalist in the 1990s before going on to become an editor at Palmira, where he published writers including future Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich and best-selling author Alexey Ivanov. Until last year, Urushadze was the director of Russia’s premier literary prize, Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book), a post he resigned from following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.