There is land behind Perekop. Anastasia Levkova

“There is Land Beyond Perekop” is an emotional and honest novel about Crimea, people, and the search for one’s own identity. At the heart of Anastasia Levkova’s book is the coming-of-age story of a girl whose life is closely connected with Crimea. The events span several decades, from the late USSR to the events of 2014, showing how the heroine’s worldview changes along with the country. Through her friendship with a Crimean Tatar girl, family memories, and inner doubts, she gradually realizes who she is and what culture she belongs to.

The novel deeply immerses the reader in the multilayered reality of Crimea — with its languages, traditions, deportation traumas, Soviet myths, and painful questions of belonging. The author combines a fictional narrative with the living testimonies of real people: to write the book, she relied on hundreds of interviews with the inhabitants of the peninsula. Thanks to this, the text sounds truthful, sincere, and multi-voiced.

The title of the book echoes the Crimean saying “there is no land beyond Perekop,” which Levkova reinterprets, proving the opposite: there is land, memory, and people whose history is inextricably linked to Ukraine. “There is Land Beyond Perekop” is not only a novel about Crimea, but also an important book about responsibility, choice, and the ability to hear each other.

Anastasia Levkova is a Ukrainian writer and cultural researcher who focuses on the themes of historical memory and identity in her texts. The novel “There is Land Beyond Perekop” became her most famous work, receiving rave reviews from readers and critics. Her style combines documentary accuracy and artistic depth.

Discover Crimea for yourself in a way that is not shown in stereotypes. “There is Land Beyond Perekop” by Anastasia Levkova is a book that helps to understand Crimea, its people, and our common history. Read a novel that makes you think, empathize, and feel a connection to the land that awaits your return. Discover an important page in modern Ukrainian literature.