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"Було круто, коли люди бігли з виступу “KISS” до нашої сцени": як українські рокери «Stoned Jesus» підкорили Європу

29 September, 2018 0

“It was awesome when people were running to our stage instead of KISS’s concert”: how Ukrainian rock band Stoned Jesus has won Europe’s heart

Stoned Jesus is a Ukrainian rock-band. It has been playing heavy metal since 2009. They give concerts mostly in Europe. They are the first Ukrainians to have had a big tour in Southern America. They are now on a big…

Personality

«Засни спокійно: зорі зміряв Бог», – кілька слів до надгробка Богдана Рубчака

25 September, 2018 3

“Sleep quiet: God has measured stars” – a few words to the gravestone of Bohdan Rubchak

The world was opened to Bohdan Rubchak quite early. The boy wasn’t even 10 years old when his parents brought him to Germany in 1943. In a while his father, a former co-operative worker, had died there, so Bohdan was…

Personality

Блогер і письменник Валерій Ананьєв: «Якщо війна загостриться – повернуся»

21 September, 2018 0

Valeriy Ananyev, “If the war escalates – I will be back”

Some part of this experience, in the first place, of a military experience, was reflected in his first book Traces On the Road. It was published not by some prestigious publishing house but by Valeryi himself. He became an author,…

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14 September, 2018 0

Dakh Daughters, “We show beauty, and it is more effective for Ukraine than to pretend to be treated as a victim”

They say that only Vlad Troitsky and stage can gather seven girls from Dakh Daughters together. At other moments, each of them makes music, plays in the theatre, has rehearsals, writes books and is in films. While Ruslana Khasipova and…

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8 September, 2018 0

Natalia Uzhvii, a poetess of Ukrainian scene

Natalia Uzhvii was born on September 8 in Liuboml, the Volyn region. She was the eldest child in a large family. She began helping parents since she was a little girl. She had to look after her younger brothers and…

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7 September, 2018 0

Oleh Kadanov, “I want concerts to help people remember what is happening in Ukraine”

How do you do, Oleh! What is happening in your life now? What is being destroyed and built? Hello. Everything which could be destroyed is already destroyed. There are no destruction processes now. Vice versa, I am up to new…

Personality

Кінокритик Антон Долін: "Ваші чорні списки акторів із Росії - дикість у стилі Орвела"

28 August, 2018 0

Anton Dolin, a film critic, “your stop lists of Russian actors are just a wildness in an Orwell style”

Last year, a Ukrainian film “A Gentle Creature” by Serhii Loznitsa was included by you into the top 10 “must see films”. Are there worthy Ukrainian films this year? Unfortunately, Ukrainian films are not shown in Russian cinemas. I am…

Personality

Ігор Калинець: «Я не написав жодного твору в дусі “павличкізму”»

24 August, 2018 0

Ihor Kalynets, “I haven’t written any propaganda works”

How is life, Mr Kalynets? I don’t complain. As a widower, I have managed to arrange my life properly. During the last three years, I have published 12 books, 8 volumes of my wife, Irina Kalynets. I work a bit…

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17 August, 2018 0

Joseph Raihelgauz: “I attend their shows to shout, “Ukraine is not as you say!”

What language would you like to speak, Mr Raihelgauz? I can speak Ukrainian, but I have no practice. People answer me in Russian even here in Odesa, in Ukraine. Ukrainian is a very beautiful language. Let’s speak Ukrainian. How did…

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10 August, 2018 0

Svetlana Alexievich, a Nobel laureate, “When we deal with geopolitics instead of the history – there is no truth”

Svetlana Alexievich was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2015 for “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”. She described and saved an oral history of Soviet times. For half of the century,…

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- Yuliia Vovkodav12 September, 2019
  Great-grandfather’s apricot tree
  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…
- Sergii Osoka9 September, 2019
  Ivan Kotliarevsky founded the new Ukrainian literature… in jest
  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…
- Zoya Kazanzhy8 September, 2019
  The Woman in the Mirror I Am Facing
  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…
- Sergii Osoka6 September, 2019
  The slapping foot
  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…
Point of view
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  Protecting your own life: does Ukraine need a law on weapons?
- 22 August, 2019 0
  Kremlin’s comeback: can Russia really rejoin G8?
- 15 August, 2019 0
  Ukrainian passports for the Russians: supporting or being afraid?