National Days & Anniversaries
Knowledge Day, 1 September 2007
The first of September, and a courtyard full of flowers.
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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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Independence Day 2007: governing in the gaps between elections
Ukraine celebrates its sixteenth anniversary five weeks before a snap parliamentary election that exists because the constitution written in 2004 does not say clearly who is…
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Ivana Kupala, 7 July 2007
A midsummer greeting, and the part of the night that happens before the fire is lit.
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Constitution Day, 28 June 2007
A short note on the anniversary, with the arguments left where they belong.
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Vyshyvanka Day 2007
A day that began as a student idea in Chernivtsi: wear the embroidered shirt to class and see who else does.
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Easter, 8 April 2007
An Easter greeting, and a note on the week before it, which is where most of the work happens.
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International Women's Day, 8 March 2007
A greeting on the day, and a word about the women running the businesses I deal with.
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Unity Day, 22 January 2007
A greeting for the anniversary of two halves agreeing to be one country.
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Christmas, 7 January 2007
A Christmas greeting, and a note on the one dish nobody skips.
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New Year 2007
A student New Year, the last one before graduation changed what the year meant.
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St Nicholas Day, 19 December 2006
A greeting for the morning of the small gift, and a note on the one letter children write.
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Holodomor Remembrance Day, 25 November 2006
A remembrance message, and a note on the difference between a monument and an evening.
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