The metaphor of the “Executed Renaissance” belongs to Jerzy Giedroyc. He first used this phrase in a letter to Yurii Lavrinenko dated August 13, 1958, suggesting it as the title of an anthology of Ukrainian literature of 1917-1933, which Lavrinenko had prepared at the request of Gedroyets: "About the name. Could it be better to give it a generic name: “Executed Renaissance.