Slavutych: Architectural Guide

Gubkina, Ievgeniia: - Ievgeniia (Jenia) Gubkina is a Ukrainian architect, architectural and urban historian, and curator. Her work focuses on twentieth-century architecture and urban planning in Ukraine. Her first book, "Slavutych Architectural Guide", was published in 2016. Since 2020 Jenia has served as the official ambassador of Slavutych, appointed by the city's mayor. Her second book, "Soviet Modernism. Brutalism. Postmodernism. Buildings and Structures in Ukraine, 1955 - 1991", came out in 2019. 2023 brought the publication of Jenia's book "Being a Ukrainian Architect During Wartime", which offers insights into her experiences against the backdrop of the war. Her "Kharkiv Architectural Guide" (2025) is devoted to her hometown. In 2022 Russia's pursuit of full-scale war against Ukraine forced Jenia to move from Kharkiv. She settled in the UK. Since 2023 Jenia has been a tutor and lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London.