That chapter is being written in places like Korsun-Shevchenkovsky, a town with 25, 000 inhabitants on the rolling plains of central Ukraine.
ECONOMIST: The East European shtetl
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Smela, two hours' drive south of Korsun-Shevchenkovsky, used to be a shtetl.
ECONOMIST: The East European shtetl
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Through local organisations such as the one in Korsun-Shevchenkovsky, the Joint, as it is universally known, is mounting a massive private relief operation in rural Ukraine.