What the world can learn from Ukraine’s fight for democracy

Olesya Khromeychuk | TED Democracy

• November 2023

“A flourishing democracy next door is a scary thing for an autocrat,” says Ukrainian historian Olesya Khromeychuk. Detailing the history of Ukraine’s long struggle for sovereignty and freedom — against Russian tsars, communist dictators and now the Kremlin’s army — she shares three lessons anybody can use to join the global fight for democracy.

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About the speaker

Olesya Khromeychuk

Historian, writerSee speaker profile

Olesya Khromeychuk mines history’s untold stories in order to inform the present.