The Stanislav Phenomenon was an avant-garde art group which was active in the city of Stanislav (now Ivano-Frankvisk) between 1989 and 1996.[1] It was a group of artists and writers living in Ivano-Frankivsk who were affiliated with the Western postmodernism after the collapse of the Soviet Union.[2][3] The writers include Yuri Andrukhovych, Halyna Petrosanyak, Yuri Izdryk, Volodymyr Yeshkiliev, and Taras Prokhasko.[2]