Viktoriia Grivina
@brams884.bsky.social
Writer, researcher of Kharkiv, PhD student at St Andrews University.
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?
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
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.
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.
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.
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:
The dreamy passage of the crescent capitalism is now a quiet space of mobile repairs and accessories sales.
October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The dreamy passage of the crescent capitalism is now a quiet space of mobile repairs and accessories sales.
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 ❤️.
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.