Another branch climbed up. Solid and oblong blue zwetschges were on it. I couldn’t reach them, so my grandmother, or rather great-grandmother Katia, picked them for me. But I usually just called her grandmother, because saying great-grandmother is too long…
Ivan Kotliarevsky was lucky to be born a nobleman, not a serf. He was born on September 9, 1769. In the most beautiful place of Poltava, on a high mountain behind the church. Frankly speaking, this mountain looked out (and…
I definitely wouldn’t want to be that woman. But it was me. I’ve read a hundred books and a thousand articles about how and why I can love myself. I took a piece of paper, divided it in half, carefully…
Vira is from the orphanage. From far away. If you ask her where it is, she closes her eyes tightly and shakes her head, she doesn’t want to recall. Maybe it’s the right thing to do. Vira is the cleaning…
This autumn palette can be widened to infinity. One can observe such a motley ocean of flowers and shades only in the early autumn, during the early Indian summer. This is a real paradise for artists and photographers, peace of…
And today (the text was written on September 4 – author’s note), when it became known that the Odesa Regional Council voted, by a majority of votes, for an early termination of the contract with the director of the Odesa…
I am convinced that this is not about the museum, it is about the personality, the non-standard and bright personality of the artist Oleksandr Roitburd. He is too big of a “star” to allow him to shine on the provincial…
But I looked on the other side of this island praised by millions of the most enthusiastic reviews. I walked the half marathon from the East Bank of Santorini to its West Bank. From the town of Perissa to the…
I wrote a whole novel about this paradox (although some believe that the novel is about opera), and now I would like to return to this topic and say a few words about the other road users. For roads and…
I haven’t been in the theatre for so long. First, I just couldn’t go there. It is like with the ex – you avoid seeing him not to surge feelings. But over time, you gradually become indifferent. Once we started…