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Kolyada by Viktor Zaretsky, 1987

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Sirens

Air-raid sirens across the country

It feels like everyone is brought out

For execution

But only one person gets targeted

Usually the one at the edge

This time not you; all clear

Victoria Amelina, 2022 (translated from the Ukrainian by Anatoly Kudryavitsky)

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Kyiv in May by Yuriy Khymych (Ukrainian, 1928-2003).

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“A PERSON DEPRIVED OF A SENSE OF NATIONALITY IS INCAPABLE OF MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE.”

— ALLA HORSKA

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The painting “Wind” by the famous Ukrainian avant-garde artist Petro Boyko illustrates and glorifies freedom in all its manifestations

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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Gale Hansen handwriting.

A quote from “Dead Poets Society,” 1989.

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One the way to a gig in the olde days

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Violets by Mykhailo Zhuk, 1920s

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The joke of the edition:

- Give us your rifle and we'll guarantee your safety!

by Volodymyr Zaiets

24.07.1993

In the 1990s, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles in return for the safety guarantees from a number of countries, including russia