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Il'ja Rákoš

Kyiv, Scotland, Tacoma
As seen in: The Millions
Covers:  Ukraine, Jazz, Literature, Religion, Society
Staff writer, emeritus @the_millions. Winner 2022 Pitch Perfect @BloodyScotland. Impenitent in 2026. Slava Heroyam.

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Il'ja Rákoš’s Biography

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Once a priest, now a penitent.

Impenitent in 2025.

Il'ja Rákoš’s Journalist Portfolio

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

But what I love most is the frequent and powerful illusion that we have left the world and its wars behind.

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Ambrose Akinmusire and Jazz in the Smoldering City: A Dispatch From Kyiv

Ambrose Akinmusire and Jazz in the Smoldering City: A Dispatch From Kyiv

Whatever they may have expected, what the Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet got was a night onstage before this clou…

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I Sit With Her in the Dark as She Weeps

I Sit With Her in the Dark as She Weeps

The count of those of us now living as refugees passed three million midweek last week. That's Atlanta, Las V…

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My Chernobyl

My Chernobyl

"Full disclosure: Chernobyl-the accident, not the HBO series-and I have some shared history." Dispatches from…

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A Year in Reading: Il'ja Rákoš

A Year in Reading: Il'ja Rákoš

Il'ja Rákoš reflects: "Not so long ago, foreign commercial flights were prohibited from landing in Moscow dur…

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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

College humor column.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. Trained on one.

How is social media changing news?

Destroying impulse control. Personalities over story development.

Awards

Vaclav Havel Disturbing the Peace Award

2023 - War Reporting

Nominee

Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect

2022 - Crime Fiction

Winner of the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival novel pitch for emerging writers. Winner

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