Viktoriia Grivina

This Kharkiv cat is an autumn holidays decorator.

My friend was at a workshop in Netherlands and saw Europeans who didn’t know about the Russian war on Ukraine. Two of them have never heard of Mariupol and Kakhovka dam. These young people live with blindness to the war that is rolling closer to them every day. I wonder why.

This gorgeous Kharkiv cat wishes all a quiet weekend.

A 1930s residential house, “the Medic”, designed by Viktor Estrovych in Kharkiv was originally built for the employees of the health committee. Has elements of Ukrainian Moderne style.

This is your support Kharkiv kitty for Friday.

This Kharkiv cat is a university dean.

This Kharkiv cat is a king of Moskalivka neighbourhood.

That’s the most relatable cat 😉.

Explosions, explosions, endless explosions in Kharkiv. The world is silent, silent, silent, complicit.

Definitely, he will do his best.

This Kharkiv cat is a Monday mood investigator.

This Kharkiv cat is looking into future and says that supporting Ukrainian armed forces now is cheaper than hiding from russian drones and bombs later.

russian department: we are not at all like other russian departments, we are good and progressive, and support you “all affected by war”.
Also russian department: promotes part time jobs at russian media 🫠. How little they care about Ukrainians dying under bombs.

A pretty Kharkiv Kitler for your soul.

This Kharkiv cat has a serious talk.

This Kharkiv cat wishes all an inquisitive week.

“But it’s difficult to hold grudge in heart, when there is so much beauty in the world”.

In the morning russian shaheed drone hit another historical building in Kharkiv. A bookshop nearby is one I always dropped by walking the neighbourhood.

We generally have problems with the recognition of females in a city space. I think it is a legacy of soviets, when a female sculpture was abstract, while male had names and streets.

The legacy of Bruno Schulz is sensed everywhere in Drohobych. From a plate on the place he was shot by a Nazi officer, to a humorous word play at a local shoe store - Bruno Shoes. I have never seen such a literary place. Ivan Franko, Mitzkevich, Stefanyk, Schulz.

An old food store building in the Moskalivka neighbourhood in Kharkiv.

Read about the last chapter of our book:

Chapter 3. 2013, Hjordis: Kharkiv came across as a fairly rough and unpolished place when I first visited. The particularly huge square in the very center, the huge buildings surrounding it, and the wide roads with lots of traffic gave an impression of toughness. But then, when I 👇

This Kharkiv cat is an architect.

This Kharkiv cat comes from luxury.

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I’d be careful citing or even reading this media, it has repetitive patterns of soft russian propaganda in language and themes, and questionable funding.

This Kharkiv cat makes wild paths.

This Kharkiv cat is going to school.