Petro Jacyk Central & East European Resource Centre

The PJRC mourns the passing and celebrates the life of a friend of the University of Toronto Libraries. Professor Potichnyj was a tremendous contributor to the UTL, regularly donating books to the circulating collection in Robarts, and most significantly establishing the Peter J. Potichnyj Collection in Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Ukraine at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. This collection was officially opened nearly thirty years ago, in Spring 1997, with a reception at the Petro Jacyk Central and East European Resource Centre.

Dr. Peter Potichnyj Obituary - Hamilton, ON Celebrate the life of Dr. Peter Potichnyj, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Markey-Dermody Funeral Home.

Spring is here!
And that means that the latest edition of the PJRC update is here too!
Keep an eye out for this 17th edition around Robarts , or come pick up a copy at our desk on the third floor.

Only while supplies last, so be sure to get your copy!

Read online here: https://archive.org/details/pjrc-update-spring-2026-web/mode/2up

The PJRC team wishes everyone a very happy Easter!

Here is a sample of some of the beautiful books on Easter themes we have from 🇭🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇦🇨🇿🇱🇹

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This week’s post showcases a unique item we found in the stacks!

Printed in 1834, this three-volume travelogue follows the journey through Central Asia of Sir Alexander Burnes (cousin of Scottish poet Robert Burnes). Burnes, shown here wearing traditional Uzbek clothing, travelled throughout the region as a diplomat and translator until his assassination in Kabul in 1841.

His engravings are priceless depictions of the region, such as the image of the giant ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

Just one of the treasures found by chance in the Robarts Stacks!