National Days & Anniversaries
Christmas, 7 January 2014
A Christmas greeting on the January date, kept simple.
National Days & Anniversaries
Independence Day and the other dates in Ukraine's calendar, each read against the state of the country in that year.
National Days & Anniversaries
New Year, 1 January 2014
A new year greeting written for a night that a great many people spent on a square rather than at home.
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St Nicholas Day, 19 December 2013
A greeting for the day the winter holidays begin.
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Holodomor: the famine of 1932–33 and why grain carries weight here
On the fourth Saturday of November the country stops for a minute and puts candles in windows. Understanding what is being remembered explains a great deal…
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Holodomor Remembrance Day, 23 November 2013
A remembrance message, and a note on the eightieth anniversary and the people who were still alive to speak.
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Ukrainian Language Day, 9 November 2013
A language day greeting, and a note on the word that has no comfortable translation.
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Knowledge Day, 1 September 2013
A word for the teachers, on the day the flowers arrive.
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Independence Day 2013: a trade war already under way
Ten days before this anniversary, russian customs placed every Ukrainian exporter under enhanced inspection. It lasted a week, cost hundreds of millions, and was a demonstration…
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Ivana Kupala 2013
The wreath on the water, and what it was actually for before it became a photograph.
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Constitution Day, 28 June 2013
A greeting for Constitution Day, from someone who reads it as a guest.
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Vyshyvanka Day, 16 May 2013
A greeting for the day, and a note on the shirt as a piece of engineering rather than decoration.
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Easter 2013
A spring Easter, a full table, and a year that felt ordinary at the time.
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