Timothy Snyder meets soldier who read his book in trench

Serviceman Oleksandr Shyrshyn shared his impressions on Facebook.

On Friday, March 24, media reported that the famous American historian Timothy Snyder met with a Ukrainian soldier, whose photos went viral. The soldier was reading a book by a publicist.

Oleksandr Shyrshyn signed his post with the words: "not an accidental chance."

Public figure Yuliy Morozov wrote that he helped organize the meeting and more information about it will soon be available.

In early January, the famous historian Timothy Snyder posted a photo of a Ukrainian soldier reading his book in a trench.

"The highest honour for an author is a reader," the researcher wrote in Ukrainian.

The post received over 1 million views in a few hours. Now it has been viewed by 2.7 million people.

• It should be noted that in early November, Timothy Snyder, a professor of history at Yale University and an American historian, joined the team of ambassadors of the United24 fundraising platform. Snyder is raising funds for a system to counter enemy UAVs, which Russia is constantly using to attack critical infrastructure in Ukraine.

• The soldier who was reading Timothy Snyder's book in the trench turned out to be a fighter in the Lviv 80th Air Assault Brigade and a graduate of Ukrainian Catholic University. In an exclusive commentary for Espreso, he told the story of the famous photo.