▁both ▁Ukrain ian ▁liter ati ▁and ▁intellect uals ▁- ▁who ▁were ▁executed ▁under ▁Joseph ▁St alin . ▁This ▁cultural ▁el ite ▁became ▁the ▁target ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁p urg es ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁in ▁a ▁position ▁to ▁expose ▁opp ression ▁and ▁bet ray al ▁and ▁could ▁quickly ▁become ▁targets ▁of ▁tre ason ▁themselves . ▁During ▁the ▁revolution , ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁po ets ▁were ▁popular ▁features ▁and ▁r ally ing ▁ch ants . ▁The ▁body ▁of ▁literature ▁was ▁also ▁recognized ▁for ▁its ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁Ukrain ian ▁national ▁idea . ▁ ▁From ▁history ▁of ▁publishing ▁ ▁Lav r inen ko ▁had ▁been ▁recommended ▁to ▁Jer zy ▁G ied roy c ▁by ▁Y ur ii ▁She vel ov ▁for ▁compilation ▁of ▁an ▁anth ology ▁of ▁Ukrain ian ▁literature ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 0 - 1 9 3 0 . ▁▁ ▁A ▁book ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁library ▁of ▁Paris ian ▁magazine ▁Kult ura ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁The ▁term ▁' Exec uted ▁Renaissance ' ▁is ▁acc red ited ▁to ▁G ied roy c . ▁This ▁word ing ▁as ▁a ▁suggestion ▁for ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁a ▁book ▁first ▁appeared ▁in ▁G ied roy c ' s ▁letter ▁to ▁She vel ov ▁from ▁August ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 5 8 : ▁" And ▁what ▁about ▁name . ▁It ▁would ▁be ▁better ▁to ▁give ▁as ▁a ▁common ▁name ▁“ The ▁Exec uted ▁Renaissance : ▁Anth ology ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 7 – 1 9