Olena is sitting in the back. You won’t see her when you enter the store, even though the place is tiny. Olena and her husband tried to cram as many things as possible in that space. They sell mostly groceries…
I will come back to the question of «Nazism in Ukraine» later. You say there are no mass repressions in Russian Federation. In the Stalin’s perception of execution of hundreds of thousands (plus millions – in the camps), there are…
I think I won’t be mistaken if I say that in real life you haven’t ever said such things to strangers. It is explained by one simple observation: you can be easily returned your comments in real life, and perhaps…
Olena Zakharchenko, “The third booth is Los Angeles” (Nora-press) The historians needed centuries to understand: the great history is not interesting for people. The reader is attracted to those events and figures that remain encrypted in a long dash between…
This July began with the destruction of the stereotypes, when the showers turned the streets into rivers, when the cooling forced to take the down jackets from the upper shelves – I myself wore a light down jacket for two…
Not only great-grandfathers and great-great-grandfathers but distant ancestors and great-great-grandfathers’ fathers were fighting, too. Through the ages, the Kulikovo battlefield mingled with Borodinskoe battlefield…. The list of the enemies Russia fought against is huge. In no small part, Russia fought…
It happens that it is difficult for two native people to get together after a long separation, even divorce, what to say about the giant living mechanisms that the communities are. Life on different sides of the Berlin Wall affected…
In the original play of Andrii Ivanov, there is no hint to Southern Palmyra with all its sea views and criminal adventures. In the performance of Stas Zhyrkov, with its metropolitan charm and fashionable director’s techniques, topography and toponymy, undoubtedly,…
Some analysts had predicted such development of the events, and I can understand why. Sport in totalitarian regimes has always been an expansion of power, sport and military parades have always walked hand-in-hand. Sport victory is a surrogate of a…
But it happens so that I want to make some pancakes with berries, just like she does. I call her to clarify the recipe. And she doesn’t pick up the phone. At first, I think: “Oh, well, now I’ll figure…