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Viktoriia Grivina

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Writer, researcher of Kharkiv, PhD student at St Andrews University.

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · May 30

You can now order my book via Ibidem. These are stories with a bit of humor and history, and I hope they are saying more about Kharkiv than my ever-modest self 😅. Big thanks to @maksymeristavi.com and @victoriadonovan.bsky.social - my first readers & inspirations. www.ibidem.eu/en/Topics/So...

Kharkiv—A War City

Kharkiv—A War City - This unique collection of essays offers a glimpse into life in and around Kharkiv during the first two years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A Kharkiv native, Vikoriia

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 21h

My friend was at a workshop in Netherlands and saw Europeans who didn’t know about the Russian war on Ukraine. Two of them have never heard of Mariupol and Kakhovka dam. These young people live with blindness to the war that is rolling closer to them every day. I wonder why.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 1d

This gorgeous Kharkiv cat wishes all a quiet weekend.

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A 1930s residential house, “the Medic”, designed by Viktor Estrovych in Kharkiv was originally built for the employees of the health committee. Has elements of Ukrainian Moderne style.

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This is your support Kharkiv kitty for Friday.

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 3d

This Kharkiv cat is a university dean.

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 4d

This Kharkiv cat is a king of Moskalivka neighbourhood.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 5d

That’s the most relatable cat 😉.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 6d

Explosions, explosions, endless explosions in Kharkiv. The world is silent, silent, silent, complicit.

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 6d

Definitely, he will do his best.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 6d

This Kharkiv cat is a Monday mood investigator.

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 7d

This Kharkiv cat is looking into future and says that supporting Ukrainian armed forces now is cheaper than hiding from russian drones and bombs later.

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 10d

russian department: we are not at all like other russian departments, we are good and progressive, and support you “all affected by war”.
Also russian department: promotes part time jobs at russian media 🫠. How little they care about Ukrainians dying under bombs.

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 10d

A pretty Kharkiv Kitler for your soul.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 19d

This Kharkiv cat has a serious talk.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 20d

This Kharkiv cat wishes all an inquisitive week.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 23d

“But it’s difficult to hold grudge in heart, when there is so much beauty in the world”.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 26d

In the morning russian shaheed drone hit another historical building in Kharkiv. A bookshop nearby is one I always dropped by walking the neighbourhood.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · Sep 10

We generally have problems with the recognition of females in a city space. I think it is a legacy of soviets, when a female sculpture was abstract, while male had names and streets.

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · Sep 10

The legacy of Bruno Schulz is sensed everywhere in Drohobych. From a plate on the place he was shot by a Nazi officer, to a humorous word play at a local shoe store - Bruno Shoes. I have never seen such a literary place. Ivan Franko, Mitzkevich, Stefanyk, Schulz.

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · Sep 7

An old food store building in the Moskalivka neighbourhood in Kharkiv.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · Sep 5

Read about the last chapter of our book:

Kharkiv is A Dream @kharkivisadream.bsky.social · Sep 5

Chapter 3. 2013, Hjordis: Kharkiv came across as a fairly rough and unpolished place when I first visited. The particularly huge square in the very center, the huge buildings surrounding it, and the wide roads with lots of traffic gave an impression of toughness. But then, when I 👇

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Kharkiv is A Dream @kharkivisadream.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · Sep 4

This Kharkiv cat is an architect.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · Sep 3

This Kharkiv cat comes from luxury.

Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · Sep 2

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