National Days & Anniversaries
International Women's Day, 8 March 2013
A greeting on the day, and an observation about who is expected to organise the celebration of themselves.
National Days & Anniversaries
Independence Day and the other dates in Ukraine's calendar, each read against the state of the country in that year.
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Day of Unity 2013
A cold January, a chain of hands, and a country I had by then lived in for nine years.
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Christmas, 7 January 2013
A Christmas greeting on the January date, and a note about the sheaf in the corner.
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New Year 2013
A New Year message from the middle of a decade, before anyone knew which parts of it would matter.
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St Nicholas Day, 19 December 2012
A greeting for the morning of the small gift, and the one detail children remember for the rest of their lives.
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Holodomor Remembrance Day, 24 November 2012
A remembrance message, and why the day is kept at four in the afternoon.
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Ukrainian Language Day, 9 November 2012
A greeting for the day, from someone who does business in two languages here.
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Knowledge Day, 1 September 2012
The first bell, and the first day of a school year.
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Independence Day 2012: after the tournament, before the reckoning
Ukraine hosted a European Championship, built four airports and a great deal of road, and finished the summer with growth close to zero and a currency…
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Ivana Kupala, 7 July 2012
A midsummer greeting, and a note on the one part of the night that has genuinely changed.
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Constitution Day 2012
A short greeting on a June day, kept short for the usual reason.
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Vyshyvanka Day, 17 May 2012
A greeting for the third Thursday in May, and a word on why the machine-made shirt bothers nobody.
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