The series’ sponsors are not involved in the editorial process of the writing of these profiles.Andriy Vyshnevsky believes the future of Ukraine lies in the pages of books. This year, he helped resurrect Ukraine’s oldest independent publishing house, Osnovy, after purchasing the company with his wife Svitlana Matvienko, director of the Ukrainian School of Political Studies.Now, as the CEO and co-owner of Osnovy, he is leading the company’s mission to educate Ukrainian citizens and popularize Ukrainian authors both at home and abroad. Ukraine is undergoing a literary renaissance as it faces Russia's full-scale invasion, with many looking to fill in the blanks left by decades of Soviet repression of Ukrainian culture.“We have to recall our past and simplify access to the literature of earlier periods of Ukrainian history and return to our foundations.