Tag: Demyan Om

What is Ukrainian Culture?

This has not come to existence yesterday, nor on February 24, nor in 2014. The brutality of russian violence against Ukraine, the imperial cult of sadism and humiliation, have been here for centuries.

Hope

Summer is all about sunny weather, the sea, sweet cherries, and watermelons. At least, for me, a girl from Mariupol strolling with a shopping bag to Stryiskyi market in Lviv.

From Vinnytsia to Capri

If you have been following the recent chronicles of the Russian terrorist attacks on peaceful Ukrainian civilians, you surely have heard of Vinnytsia.

The Replaced Cultures

I used to have a friend in Poland who owned a small travel agency, offering original exotic (from the European point of view) trips to the East (of the EU), to Ukraine in particular.

The Ukrainian Sacrifice and Cucumbers

Recently I have taken a habit of starting my morning by reading a random paragraph from the legendary book by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run With the Wolves, and reflecting on it during the day.

Correction of Victories

Everyone knows the phrase “error correction”, but hardly anyone practices correction of victories. But understanding the way the goal was achieved and being able to repeat this experience multiple times is one of the keys to success.

Contra spem spero

The russian revolt will be, as usually, senseless and merciless. With them, it has never been a rebellion of emancipation and liberation; it was and is only a mirror reflection of the hell of the system.

Ukrainian history and literature lesson

Back in school, each of us experienced the watchful gaze of Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko at least once. No matter whose portraits were hanging in Ukrainian classrooms, Shevchenko’s portrait was always given the place of honor in any school, gymnasium, or lyceum. He was like a timeless president of Ukrainian history and literature — elected for good.