Period of the forced famine in Ukraine 1930-1933.
The script is based on the real story of Yakiv Drobot, a real historical character. He was the first head of the collective farm "The Pauper" and he did not allow a famine happen in his village of Velykyi Khutir, having saved 2800 people. Dedicated communist who refuses party ideology and have saved people from starvation.
Victoria Trofimenko recently works over stageplay "Yakiv" and it supposed to be published in Ukraine in 2024.
The University of Alberta (Canada) and University of Texas at Austin (USA) support translation of the play in English. To give it possibility to be staged in English.
