Culture & Identity

Kyiv, Which Remembers the Price of Freedom: Independence Day During Wartime

Today, we do not celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day with parades, fireworks, or spectacular shows. We simply put on our vyshyvankas, take out our blue-and-yellow flags and other symbols dear to our hearts, and go for a walk through the main places of Kyiv — places that once forged and tempered our state’s independence and that continue to delight us with…More

Kyiv in 10 Symbols: From the Archangel on the Coat of Arms to Chestnut Trees, Maidan, and the Dnipro

Kyiv is a city that can be recognized even by those who have never visited it. Every city speaks through symbols — silhouettes, flavors, songs, public spaces, and landscapes. Kyiv’s language, however, is distinctive: it is at once ancient and European, spiritual and urban, historical and fiercely modern. For centuries, Kyiv has been described as a city of origins. Medieval…More