A Ukrainian Soldier in a Penal Colony Retold Harry Potter to Help Other Prisoners
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Locked in a gray, damp cell, a passion he had held on to since childhood kept alive the spirit of this Ukrainian soldier
A Ukrainian marine, captured during the fighting for Mariupol, was kept in a damp, gray cell in a Russian penal colony for four years, but the passion he nurtured since childhood kept him alive.
This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. Angelina Korba / BBC Collage. Major Oleksandr Ivanov used Harry Potter stories to boost the morale of his fellow prisoners in Russia. For 1,495 days, the world became a concrete box for Major Oleksandr Ivanov. A Ukrainian marine, he was captured while fighting to defend the city of Mariupol. He was imprisoned in a damp, dark cell in a Russi…
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