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The First Bell Has Not Rung Yet
On a Kyiv beach, an architect remembers the humiliation of preparing for school and imagines a neglected building becoming a place of learning again.
Aug 24
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Hryhorii Afanasiev
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Look Up, But Mind the Floor
Inside Kyiv's forgotten school, beauty survived above collapsing floors, while the lives of Horowitz, Archipenko and Walker waited beneath dust to be…
Aug 17
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Hryhorii Afanasiev
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A Telephone for a Table
War teaches us to measure mornings in sirens and cities in shelters. This week, an old table reminded me that survival also requires gathering together.
Aug 10
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Hryhorii Afanasiev
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What Kyiv Teaches the Body at Night
Something happened after midnight, and I want to sit beside you while my hallway, my grandmother and Kyiv reveal what survival can still really mean.
Aug 3
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Hryhorii Afanasiev
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July 2026
What an Architect Sees When Kyiv Burns
Between explosions, cigarettes and cups of tea, a Kyiv architect discovers that war redesigns every room, road and ordinary sound in the city he loves.
Jul 27
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Hryhorii Afanasiev
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