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Kyiv as seen by Pavlo Zibrov

In the third story of our series on famous Ukrainians and their hometowns, pop singer Pavlo Zibrov introduces Kyiv, the city that now feels like home to him. Despite its thousand-year history, Kyiv is not a hostage to established tradition:...

Vesele. The Hromada of environmental (green) initiatives

Residents of the Veselivska Hromada aren’t afraid of being proactive and working on collaborative and experimental projects. Currently, they are building a solar power plant at the site of a deserted landfill. Due to the modernization help of Swedish experts,...

Kharkiv as seen by TNMK

The best way to explore Ukraine, in all its diversity, is with people whose stories are tightly bound up with a particular place. In our fourth story, the musicians Oleh Mykhailiuta, a.k.a. Fahot (‘Bassoon’ – tr.), and Oleksandr Sydorenko, a.k.a. Fozzy,...

Exporting Lviv

A little over a decade ago, Lviv saw the creation of a company that subsequently took over being the city’s brand ambassador. They created or merged brands that linked Lviv with coffee, books, chocolate, beer, festivals, and creative establishments. Lviv...

Drohobych as seen by Khrystyna Soloviy

In our Ambassadors project, we continue our journey around Ukraine in the company of famous Ukrainians, each of whom will be showing us their hometown from their own unique perspective. In the previous episode, singer Khrystyna Soloviy showed us Lviv,...

The Meskhetian Turks of Ukraine. Who are they?

Meskhetian Turks are Turkic speaking people that follow Islam and originate, allegedly, from the territory of historic Meskhetia (Georgia). The Meskhetian Turks community resides in Ukraine since the 1990s. They had to re-settle two times: at first in 1944 when...

Hives instead of houses

In Yuriivka that is in Poltava region there is no signpost, no village council, no palace of culture, no hospital, and even no school. In the village where there were once 60 houses and lived about 300 people, at present...

Austrian Ukrainians. Who are they?

The Austrian community in Ukraine primarily lives in Zakarpattia in the villages of Ust-Chorna, Nimetska Mokra and in the towns and villages located in the valley along the Teresevi river. Despite its small size, the Austrian community here continues to...