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
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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...
Vasyl Stus wrote poem “Enough Blood” in 1971. It fits today’s privileged pacifism well.
- Enough blood, - the torturer declared,
When the knife was still driven under my ribs,
Stuck in my back.
And I thought, all wincing with pain:
What if he decides
To be my doctor as well?
- Enough blood, - the torturer declared,
When the knife was still driven under my ribs,
Stuck in my back.
And I thought, all wincing with pain:
What if he decides
To be my doctor as well?
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Vasyl Stus wrote poem “Enough Blood” in 1971. It fits today’s privileged pacifism well.
- Enough blood, - the torturer declared,
When the knife was still driven under my ribs,
Stuck in my back.
And I thought, all wincing with pain:
What if he decides
To be my doctor as well?
- Enough blood, - the torturer declared,
When the knife was still driven under my ribs,
Stuck in my back.
And I thought, all wincing with pain:
What if he decides
To be my doctor as well?
Listening to an anthropological paper, you are never safe from hearing about the “russian fugitives” in today’s Balkans, making the neighbourhoods more “russian-speaking” since the locals are so happy to learn the language of the “fugitives”, and even remember it from school 💀.
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Listening to an anthropological paper, you are never safe from hearing about the “russian fugitives” in today’s Balkans, making the neighbourhoods more “russian-speaking” since the locals are so happy to learn the language of the “fugitives”, and even remember it from school 💀.
As if “a Ukraine” doesn’t need forests and cities 😭. I recognize a good intention, but the way “land in Europe” doesn’t include Ukraine here, and Ukraine is seen as a Soviet food colony once again is a bit scary.
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
As if “a Ukraine” doesn’t need forests and cities 😭. I recognize a good intention, but the way “land in Europe” doesn’t include Ukraine here, and Ukraine is seen as a Soviet food colony once again is a bit scary.
This Kharkiv cat is oh so energetic and enthusiastic about your work things.
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This Kharkiv cat is oh so energetic and enthusiastic about your work things.
An artwork by Maria Schneider-Senyuk dedicated to the 1930s hunger in Ukraine. Maria drew inspiration from traditional ornaments. Her art was looted by the russian military from the Kherson art museum in 2022.
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
An artwork by Maria Schneider-Senyuk dedicated to the 1930s hunger in Ukraine. Maria drew inspiration from traditional ornaments. Her art was looted by the russian military from the Kherson art museum in 2022.
Kazymyr Malevych wrote a lot about Ukrainian food. His work, Three Figures, is said to reflect the death by hunger of the Ukrainian farmers in 1932-33. “Hammer and sickle bring death and hunger”. Drastic difference to his colorful suprematist works, the drawing haunts viewers.
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Kazymyr Malevych wrote a lot about Ukrainian food. His work, Three Figures, is said to reflect the death by hunger of the Ukrainian farmers in 1932-33. “Hammer and sickle bring death and hunger”. Drastic difference to his colorful suprematist works, the drawing haunts viewers.
1921-22, 1932-33, 1946-47
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
1921-22, 1932-33, 1946-47
“When you need to warm yourself,
When you are hungry to share a word,
When you crave a bread crumb,
Don’t go to the tall trees —
You’ll not be understood there, though
Their architecture achieves cosmic perfection,
From the one-thousandth floor
They might toss snowy embers on your head.. 👇
When you are hungry to share a word,
When you crave a bread crumb,
Don’t go to the tall trees —
You’ll not be understood there, though
Their architecture achieves cosmic perfection,
From the one-thousandth floor
They might toss snowy embers on your head.. 👇
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“When you need to warm yourself,
When you are hungry to share a word,
When you crave a bread crumb,
Don’t go to the tall trees —
You’ll not be understood there, though
Their architecture achieves cosmic perfection,
From the one-thousandth floor
They might toss snowy embers on your head.. 👇
When you are hungry to share a word,
When you crave a bread crumb,
Don’t go to the tall trees —
You’ll not be understood there, though
Their architecture achieves cosmic perfection,
From the one-thousandth floor
They might toss snowy embers on your head.. 👇
Tomorrow will be the Remembrance Day of the victims of Holodomor. How strange to stumble across the park exhibition in Edinburgh where Kharkiv is mentioned in such precisely in its darkest hour.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Tomorrow will be the Remembrance Day of the victims of Holodomor. How strange to stumble across the park exhibition in Edinburgh where Kharkiv is mentioned in such precisely in its darkest hour.
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
chytomo.com
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: