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Coilin O'Connor

(He/Him)
Prague
As seen in: Radio Free Europe, The Atlantic, The Irish Times
Covers:  The history, politics, and culture of the CEE region. I also cover sports, particularly football. I can also edit/write corporate content, such as newsletters, prospectuses, etc.
Doesn't Cover: Having freelanced for decades, I feel I can write about almost anything, but I am not particularly fond of anything to do with celebrity culture, fashion, and social media influencers.
Digital editor for RFE/RL, occasional CZ-EN translations, freelance writing about the Czech Republic + CEE. RTs NOT endorsements, just stuff I find interesting.

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Bone Of Contention? Six Letters That Could Rewrite Slavic History

Bone Of Contention? Six Letters That Could Rewrite Slavic History

When a Czech archaeology student happened to notice some unusual markings on a bone fragment she was washing …

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'A Gift To Posterity': Four Men Who Risked The Wrath Of Stalin To Photograph The Holodomor

'A Gift To Posterity': Four Men Who Risked The Wrath Of Stalin To Photograph The Holodomor

Despite the best efforts of Soviets to suppress evidence of the terrible famine that killed millions of Ukrai…

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'Crazy Pirates': The Leningrad Rockers Who Rode A Wind Of Change Across The U.S.S.R.

'Crazy Pirates': The Leningrad Rockers Who Rode A Wind Of Change Across The U.S.S.R.

When the KGB sanctioned the opening of the Leningrad Rock Club in March 1981, it probably had no idea that th…

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The Revolution On Granite: Ukraine's 'First Maidan'

The Revolution On Granite: Ukraine's 'First Maidan'

It's been 30 years since communist Ukraine was shaken by a coterie of students who went on hunger strike in t…

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Yuri Knorozov: The Maverick Scholar Who Cracked The Maya Code

Yuri Knorozov: The Maverick Scholar Who Cracked The Maya Code

On the centenary of his birth, we look at the life and legacy of Yuri Knorozov, the Ukrainian-born linguist w…

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The Kyiv Photographer Who Captured The 'Gloomy Dignity' Of Soviet Life

The Kyiv Photographer Who Captured The 'Gloomy Dignity' Of Soviet Life

Ukrainian photographer Oleksandr Ranchukov, who died last year, liked to take his camera out onto the streets…

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'Everything Will Be Different:' Ukrainian Refugees Mark Christmas With Thoughts Of Home

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By Coilin O'Connor
| Radio Free Europe Verified
For the past couple of years, we’ve been taking an annual look at how the end-of-year holidays are celebrated in various parts of our broadcast region. Ukraine has a diverse array of traditions associated with Christmas and winter festivities, and this year, millions of Ukrainians will be observing these seasonal customs far away from their homeland and their loved ones.
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Yuri Knorozov: The Maverick Scholar Who Cracked The Maya Code Original

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By Coilin O'Connor
| Radio Free Europe Verified
The ancient script of the Maya baffled scholars for centuries. Widely viewed as one of the greatest civilizations of the western hemisphere, which peaked around A.D. 250-900, the Maya people of Mesoamerica are known to have been great astronomers who also developed sophisticated methods of agriculture and architecture.
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Christmas In Armenia: When 'Light From The Church' Brightens The Darkest Days

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By Coilin O'Connor, Gayane Danielian
| Radio Free Europe Verified
As part of an occasional series on how the end-of-year holidays are celebrated in some parts of our broadcast region, we talked to Gayane Danielian from RFE/RL's Armenian Service about how Christmas is celebrated in her country. As the world’s oldest Christian nation, the spirit of Christmas runs deep in Armenian culture, even if the festive season took a bit of a battering under decades of secular Soviet orthodoxy.
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