Dr. Viktoriia_Grivina

People (literally no one) asked me, “why don’t you take a picture of your book with Derzhprom, the main Kharkiv’s jewel?” So I did it for my favourite subscribers😁. (thanks to the great activist Ksenia Levadna for that).

@snailwayyy Це ж Roots в провулку Короленка.

@brams884 Де то таке гарненьке?

Back to the Kharkiv coffee shenanigans.

@FellaKeeper2 Nah, but surprisingly many robot toys 😁.

@brams884 Any moon rock?

Kharkiv astronomy museum got a shop with space merch now 👽.

It would be fascinating to read an interview of a Nazi archaeologist digging in occupied France in 1941. The closest you can get is russian science today.

@VlStarodubtsev I think Kharkiv has the same problem as many other Ukrainian cities - it takes too much time to realize itself as part of the region, and now it starts working, at least research into local cuisine etc.

@brams884 Kharkiv become such a localist heaven recently. Khartiya did a lot for it. But also local business. Incredible community-building🥰

“Kharkivians for Kharkivians” - an ad of Polus, a local chocolate waffle cake. This special version is only available locally in Kharkiv.

@lavendersteps Де це?🥹

Цей бізнес-ланч з борщу, сметани, хліба і сала коштував 70 гривень. Харків 🫶

@ferezmanuel @Vivianolala @conucrania 🫶

Comida para tiempos de agitación. Un vistazo a la gastronomía ucraniana. Entrevista a Nadiia Noskova Un vistazo a la gastronomía ucraniana en tiempos de guerra y resistencia @Vivianolala @conucrania Gracias @brams884 manuelferez.com/comida-para-ti…

@AnonymousLeftie Just black tea.

@brams884 what are you drinking?

Going home to the apricot sunlight of Sloboda Ukraine.

In the Ukrainian north, an interesting encounter. By the conversation it seems the wild horse might have been visiting the village edge for apples and other perks from people. That is why they aren’t afraid of the men on the cart.

@BjoernMilbradt Thank you!

@brams884 💪🍾🎉Great! Congratulations!

My amazing office mates were the first to congratulate 🫶. Prepared to become an even more insufferable Kharkiv snob 😁.

@anneapplebaum I’m afraid it is a very self-congratulating affair between US and Russian people who prefer do nothing. Leaving children to be indoctrinated while the protagonist can enjoy champagne at the Oscars is not exactly how you stand up to bullies.

Congratulations on a well deserved Oscar - dedicated to ordinary people who stand up to dictators

When US associate themselves with russians and begin to recognize themselves in russians rather than Ukrainians it is a problem for the world. Embracing the “futility of resistance” mood, where escape is the only option, will bring much pain to other countries they will invade.

@ferezmanuel I’ll ask her.

@brams884 Viktoriia, I want to contact Nadiia, do you know her? I want to make her an interview. Thank you

Give a warm welcome to a lovely Ukrainian food researcher, writer and chef Nadiia and her new blog about local cuisine: @nadiianoskova/note/c-228168999?r=85a7e&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@nadiianoskova…

@MegGilley1 @gardnerstuart39 Wow, that’s a beautiful book shelf! Big respect to him!

@brams884 @gardnerstuart39 Son (b in St Andrews but left age 8 months) ‘s Ukrainian library in the attic upstairs. He did PhD + post-grad work on 20th C Ukraine. Was in Kyiv for Orange Revolution.

My main legacy at St Andrews University must be the three shelves of Ukrainian books I’d been suggesting for purchase to counter rows and rows of russian volumes 🥹.

@itsovernoow When you come from a place of privilege, it might feel so.

@brams884 Strangely enough, I always thought that books are complementary and don't cancel or counter anything or each other

@_julietwhisky @ShaunPinnerUA Great job!

@brams884 Victoriia I was in my bookshop in Sydney and they had a book about Putin for sale so I hid it on the floor under the bottom shelf where no one would find it and stacked @ShaunPinnerUA book across the shelf instead. 🤫