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The Revolution of Dignity Museum in Kyiv organizes a series of events to commemorate the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. This year’s slogan: “The Heavenly Hundred are the first heroes of the russo-Ukrainian war.”

From February 16 to 20, numerous exhibitions, a tour of the Sites of the Revolution of Dignity, and the annual “ANGELS OF MEMORY” campaign will take place in the capital, among other things.

For reference: “The Heavenly Hundred” is the name given in Ukraine to the group of protesters who died during the Euromaidan (Revolution of Dignity) in December 2013 — February 2014.

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• dead
• Kyiv

“Module of Temporality” culture space, which is made of Mariupol metal, will be unveiled in Kyiv on February 17. The two-story structure consists of 27 container modules. Sheet steel from Azovstal and Ilich Steel and Iron Works was used for the interior and furniture. (unveiling for the press will be held on February 16, artists will be present).

Various creative works of world-famous artists, both Ukrainian and foreign, will be presented at the space. The goal of the project is to draw the attention of the world’s audience to the war in Ukraine.

The suggested entrance fee is UAH 200; however, this is not mandatory. All collected funds will be used to restore the country’s art institutions destroyed in the war.

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• Kyiv

A charity concert with the participation of 7 famous Ukrainian artists will be held on February 10 at 7:00 PM in the hall of Kyiv’s Central Railway Station. The purpose of the concert is to create a festive atmosphere for the passengers and to once again emphasize that, despite the constant enemy attacks, the Ukrainians shall prevail and preserve the light. After the concert, at 8:20 PM, a press conference for the media will begin at the station’s “Fortress of Invincibility” with a ceremonial lighting of a candle. Free attendance. Accreditation is required. 

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• Kyiv

On February 16, the star of the TV series Game of Thrones Jack Gleason, who played the role of King Joffrey, will visit Ukraine for the first time.

Jack will stay in Ukraine for 3-4 days. During this time, he will hold several acting master classes and workshops, and will meet with Ukrainian military personnel. He will also take part in charity fundraisers and auctions in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and will visit the capital’s theaters.

The actor will get to Ukraine in a pickup truck, which he and his friends are delivering to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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• volunteers

Serhii Kalytiuk, the Ukrainian veteran, who uses a wheelchair after being injured, has become the central figure of the “People Come First” documentary photo project. Serhii was seriously wounded in the battle of Chervonyi Lyman in 2014. As part of the photo project, Serhii shares how he overcomes city barriers in the center of Lviv. The photos are accompanied by brief explanations of the problem depicted. Because the project is aimed at drawing attention to the problems of infrastructure accessibility and inclusion of disabled people.

For reference: Terrorist actions of russians add to the number of people with disabilities in Ukraine. This is especially true for Ukrainian defenders. Unfortunately, their homes and streets often meet them with barriers.

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• culture

“The City Heals” a new socio-cultural project was launched in Lviv, which offers free tours to servicemen receiving treatment in the city. A pilot tour has already taken place with the participation of 5 defenders of Ukraine. They were introduced to Lviv by Petro Radkovets, a well-known tour guide.

“The City Heals” project will last a year and will include not only tours of the historical part of Lviv, but also visits to museums and theaters. All events will be adapted to the requests of the military.

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• military
• Lviv

The English version of the book “Inside Ukraine: A Portrait of a Country and its People,” which will be released on February 16 by Batsford, a British publishing house, topped Amazon’s list for Hot New Releases in History of Ukraine.

“Inside Ukraine: A Portrait of a Country and its People” is a book based on the first round of a large-scale expedition throughout Ukraine, which lasted from the summer of 2016 to the winter of 2018 and covered all historical regions – from Slobozhanshchyna to Podillia, from Volyn to Tavria. Many places visited by the Ukraïner’s expedition are currently under russian occupation.

For reference: Ukraïner is an educational, multimedia Ukrainian studies project, the materials of which are based on the results of their own expeditions.

Ukraïner was created by journalist and writer Bogdan Logvynenko as a volunteer media project. The team went on the first expedition in June 2016. By the end of 2019, a lot of media materials had been collected and translated into nine languages.

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“A House Made of Splinters” was included in the list of nominees for the “Oscar” (in the category Best Documentary Feature Film). This movie was produced in Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. The film is about children from dysfunctional families who ended up in a shelter near the front. The main characters of the movie are educators who, in the conditions of the war with russia, are trying to create a safe space for children.

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• culture

“Unbreakable together” exhibition opened at the railway station in Kherson. Eleven photo artists presented their works, in which they showed how Ukrainians live during the war, how life is revived in the liberated territories, how volunteers, doctors, and the military work, and how Ukraine is supported by the world.

The exhibition is organized by UKRAINIAN WARCHIVE, a unique photo archive. This is an online archive of photos documenting russia’s aggression in Ukraine. The idea of the project is to collect all the photos about the war in one place and make them easy to navigate. To do this, the creators of the archive describe each photo in detail by specifying its location, event, author, date and many other details.

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• russian crimes
• Kherson

On January 18, the Lviv Municipal Art Center will present animated works by participants of the Kherson “Residence Under Occupation” — artists who survived the occupation — as part of the project “Animation of Art Resistance in Occupation”.

For reference: “Animation of Art Resistance in Occupation” is a project aimed at promoting in the information space the artistic statements of Kherson artists who survived the occupation, or still remain in enemy gun sights. Some of the works resulted from the “Residence Under Occupation”, which was organized in April 2022 by the art critic and curator Yuliia Manukian. Then she was joined by artists who did not want to be passive observers of terrible events.

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• occupation
• Lviv