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Ukraine in Russian cinema

How do Russian films portray Ukraine and Ukrainians?

Any form of art can be used to defy, critique or reinforce cultural norms and political ideologies. Analysing films within their political, periodic and geographic context can provide a deep insight into the...

Listen to the voice of Mariupol

Listen to the voice of Mariupol. Katia

"Listen to the voice of Mariupol" — a series of stories of people who managed to flee from the besieged Mariupol. We continue the series with a conversation with Katia, the wife of an Azov serviceman who spent several months...

Communities

Listen to the voice of Mariupol. Halyna

"Listen to the voice of Mariupol" is a series of stories of people who managed to evacuate from the besieged city of Mariupol. The series continues with our interview with Halyna, who, while in the besieged city, together with a...

Art

Saving Maria Prymachenko’s Paintings

On the fourth day of Russia's invasion, the Ukrainian media published the heartbreaking news that Russian occupiers destroyed the museum of local history in Ivankiv, which contained the paintings of Maria Prymachenko, the world-renowned representative of naïve art. This story,...

Art

Kharkiv architecture

Kharkiv architecture is experimental by its nature, and imbued with symbols. Red bricks and two-storey houses of the 19th century, constructivist memorial sites, co-operative buildings (the name of a prestigious co-housing project of the Soviet era), and first cultural hubs...

Nature Protection

Saving the Dnipro river from algal blooms

The construction of the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP — tr.) resulted in 90% of the river being regulated by dams and reservoirs. Since then, the Dnipro has been blooming periodically with algae. A group of scientists from the Institute...