Viktoriia Grivina
@brams884.bsky.social
Writer, researcher of Kharkiv, PhD student at St Andrews University.
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Viktoriia Grivina
@brams884.bsky.social
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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
www.ibidem.eu
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...
Starting the day with uncontrollable laughter at reading a review on a French novel about fictional Ukrainian ballet dancers who just love the great russian culture so much they listen to Chaikovsky in Olenivka torture prison wiping tears with cheburashka. chytomo.com/baleryna-z-k...
«Балерина з Києва» Стефані Перез — Чайковський вступає в Тероборону
Чому роман «Балерина з Києва» Стефані Перез так переймається "Лебединим Озером" і робить Чайковського головним культурним героєм українців під час війни з росією
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November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Starting the day with uncontrollable laughter at reading a review on a French novel about fictional Ukrainian ballet dancers who just love the great russian culture so much they listen to Chaikovsky in Olenivka torture prison wiping tears with cheburashka. chytomo.com/baleryna-z-k...
This Kharkiv cat has exactly the character for a successful Monday.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This Kharkiv cat has exactly the character for a successful Monday.
This pretty lady lives on the street where Mary Shelley lived 🐈⬛.
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This pretty lady lives on the street where Mary Shelley lived 🐈⬛.
Photos of a friend’s Kyiv Art studio hit by a russian drone. Then, a young talented poet Serhii Naumenko, resident of my first art residency killed on the Zaporizzhia front. We all met in 2022 by Chetemosh river, made art and ate pizza by the water, wrote. Talked about future. I have no words left 👇
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Photos of a friend’s Kyiv Art studio hit by a russian drone. Then, a young talented poet Serhii Naumenko, resident of my first art residency killed on the Zaporizzhia front. We all met in 2022 by Chetemosh river, made art and ate pizza by the water, wrote. Talked about future. I have no words left 👇
This Kharkiv cat is your Friday deadlines administrator.
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This Kharkiv cat is your Friday deadlines administrator.
I’m greatly honoured to receive the 2025 David Riches Medal, awarded by The Ladislav Holy Memorial Trust, for PhD research in @standrewsanthro.bsky.social Thanks to @victoriadonovan.bsky.social and @mettehigh.bsky.social, @energy-ethics.bsky.social ! energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/viktori...
Viktoriia Grivina Wins David Riches Medal | Energy Ethics
energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I’m greatly honoured to receive the 2025 David Riches Medal, awarded by The Ladislav Holy Memorial Trust, for PhD research in @standrewsanthro.bsky.social Thanks to @victoriadonovan.bsky.social and @mettehigh.bsky.social, @energy-ethics.bsky.social ! energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/viktori...
A burnt book of poetry at the Kharkiv’s civil enterprise hit by Russian Shaheed drones in central Kharkiv yesterday. 20 residential buildings were damaged.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A burnt book of poetry at the Kharkiv’s civil enterprise hit by Russian Shaheed drones in central Kharkiv yesterday. 20 residential buildings were damaged.
My grandpa’s town has been recently attacked by the russian military again. I watched clouds of black smoke rise above the alley where I biked every day to the lake on summers. Grandpa was so proud to have built this town and its power plant. At nights the plant roared. It was scary and magical.
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My grandpa’s town has been recently attacked by the russian military again. I watched clouds of black smoke rise above the alley where I biked every day to the lake on summers. Grandpa was so proud to have built this town and its power plant. At nights the plant roared. It was scary and magical.
How I signed an email as a Ukrainian: 🫠
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
How I signed an email as a Ukrainian: 🫠
This distinguished Odesan gentleman wishes all a quiet Friday.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This distinguished Odesan gentleman wishes all a quiet Friday.
This Kharkiv cat is a spirit of autumn and a great yoga instructor.
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This Kharkiv cat is a spirit of autumn and a great yoga instructor.
This Kharkiv cat has all the energy you need for the day.
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This Kharkiv cat has all the energy you need for the day.
I wonder why do the russian people always speak so loudly in transport in Europe? It is an ever irritating agent, as if they claim this supposedly shared space as well. Or maybe it is me ever irritated that they have a cart blanche on killing us and being so present in EU at the same time.
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I wonder why do the russian people always speak so loudly in transport in Europe? It is an ever irritating agent, as if they claim this supposedly shared space as well. Or maybe it is me ever irritated that they have a cart blanche on killing us and being so present in EU at the same time.
These Kharkiv cats are your spirits of past, present, and future.
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
These Kharkiv cats are your spirits of past, present, and future.
Guess which culture this exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee belongs to? Hint, not Ukrainian. Yet, there are always connections between women, preservation of traditions and embroidery.
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Guess which culture this exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee belongs to? Hint, not Ukrainian. Yet, there are always connections between women, preservation of traditions and embroidery.
Register for our next English book club with a Kharkiv heart. Link below:
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Register for our next English book club with a Kharkiv heart. Link below:
We have talked about arcades with students today. No one could recall the most famous arcade in Kharkiv - known today as Kids’ World. The construction started in 1914, but WW1 changed the plans. By 1925 when the arcade was completed, trade and flaneurs weren’t on the agenda and👇
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We have talked about arcades with students today. No one could recall the most famous arcade in Kharkiv - known today as Kids’ World. The construction started in 1914, but WW1 changed the plans. By 1925 when the arcade was completed, trade and flaneurs weren’t on the agenda and👇
Ukrainian paints are conquering art shops of Edinburgh.
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ukrainian paints are conquering art shops of Edinburgh.
A reader sent me this photo, and that’s exactly the vibe I put into this book. Thank you ❤️.
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A reader sent me this photo, and that’s exactly the vibe I put into this book. Thank you ❤️.
Join our book talk at School V, University of St Andrews, on 10 years of art and activism in Kharkiv @standrewshist.bsky.social @energy-ethics.bsky.social @sta-modlangs.bsky.social
"Kharkiv is a dream: building cities for a fragile world" - book presentation and talk at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this Wednesday 29th October 2025, 4-6pm
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October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Join our book talk at School V, University of St Andrews, on 10 years of art and activism in Kharkiv @standrewshist.bsky.social @energy-ethics.bsky.social @sta-modlangs.bsky.social
Kharkiv streets follow me in the dreams. A friend suggested putting a fireplace in my apartment, when all the energy is destroyed. It’s absolutely illegal. But so is for the russians to destroy our homes.
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Kharkiv streets follow me in the dreams. A friend suggested putting a fireplace in my apartment, when all the energy is destroyed. It’s absolutely illegal. But so is for the russians to destroy our homes.
This Kharkiv cat works in movies and didn’t want to be photographed so that we didn’t steal his soul. Wise.
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This Kharkiv cat works in movies and didn’t want to be photographed so that we didn’t steal his soul. Wise.
While russian military are threatening Kharkiv with another ridiculous sounding weapon (‘oreshnik’🥴🌰), here’s a chilling Kharkiv cat doppleganger of @number10cat.bsky.social.
October 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
While russian military are threatening Kharkiv with another ridiculous sounding weapon (‘oreshnik’🥴🌰), here’s a chilling Kharkiv cat doppleganger of @number10cat.bsky.social.
This Kharkiv cat is Friday business planner.
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This Kharkiv cat is Friday business planner.
This Kharkiv kittler wishes all an energetic week.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This Kharkiv kittler wishes all an energetic week.