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Who Says There’s No Sound in Space?
Modern music has always been somehow connected with the topic of space. The phenomenon began when the first ‘electro’ musicians created soundtracks for sci-fi...
“Something In The Air”: A Guide To The Slavutych “86” Festival Of Film And...
What to do and see at the innovative 86 Festival of Film and Urbanism in the northern Ukrainian region of Chernihiv. To learn more...
Meir Dizengoff: The Odessan Who Built Tel Aviv
The legendary first mayor of Tel Aviv got his start in business in Odessa and France before becoming a major figure in the Zionist...
Calligraphy’s Coming Renaissance In Ukraine
When I arrived at central Kyiv’s Zigzag cafe, Taras Makar was already seated at a table, intently scribbling away in his Moleskine. As I...
A Sign of the Times: Inside Ukraine’s Bizarre 90’s Video Art Movement
A massive new exhibition of video art in Kyiv tells us how George Soros single handedly created an avant garde art movement. “Flashback. Ukrainian...
How The Soviet Union Suppressed The Holocaust To Fight “Nationalism”
The Soviet authorities didn’t want their own historical narrative to face competition. That meant obliterating memory, rebuilding historical narratives, and suppressing literature.
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Ukrainian Literature Comes To Paris In The Spring Of 2018
This promises to be a great moment for contemporary literature in France. From March 16th to the 20th, the annual Paris book fair (Le...
Orwell: The Wild Man
This essay forms the core of the book “Orwell & The Refugees: The Untold Story of Animal Farm”
“If you look into your mind, which...
The New Year In Moldavanka
The writer Yulia Verba has recently published a very funny book of short stories “Spawn of the Moldavanka” set in the dilapidated communal courtyards...
Technology in the Moldavanka
Everything new is just something old that has been well forgotten — even if we’re talking about the tech revolution.
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