Hanna Sheremet

History tends to repeat itself. This is especially true of the Russian Revolution [the Bolshevik coup d’etat in St. Petersburg, then renamed Petrograd, October 1917] and its impact on Ukraine. Those tremendous social upheavals changed the Old World and we are now witness to similar ones...

On November 2, Kyiv hosted a very successful world premiere of the Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra by Yevhen Stankovych. Snow and rain could not keep the composer’s aficionados from coming to the National Opera of Ukraine. There was a motley audience there: artists, music...

Den’s guest Viacheslav Kyrylenko has been holding the office of vice premier for almost two years since December 2, 2014. Over this time, he has come under a lot of criticism, especially when he was concurrently the minister of culture. There is also talk about an uneasy relationship...

This photo by Mykola Tymchenko was printed on Den/The Day’s front pages one year ago, on May 26, in the editorial titled “The year of President Petro Poroshenko: what has changed?” However, it is not the photo itself that is interesting, nor is the text: it is the fate of this...

The possibility of bringing the Kremlin administration before the Hague Tribunal for the annexation of Crimea and the war of aggression in the east of Ukraine has of late been actively discussed in this country. Russia’s documentary Crimea. The Way Home, in which Putin admits that he...

When the oppositionist from a neighbor country is kidnapped in broad daylight and our special services do not react to it at all, an unflattering but revealing comparison with a “drop-in center” inevitably springs to mind. Of course, we do not deserve such associations, but...

Many Den/The Day readers obviously remember the splendid numbers of Dnipropetrovsk State University’s famous KVN (Club of the Funny and Inventive) team. They dis-appeared for some time, only to appear again – at least for the public at large. What brought along the new wave of...

To effectively evolve, rather than walk in circles, one must know one’s physical limitations, be self-critical, and work to correct one’s mistakes. This is true of both the individual and the state. Volodymyr Berseniev, who has worked out a technique producing a metameric effect on...

March 21 marked the conclusion of the first Ukrainian Fashion Week that united two well known events, Fashion Seasons and the Kyiv Catwalk Festival. There’s no doubt about it: this combination was a success. We will discuss the results and lessons of the Fashion Week in our upcoming issues. Today I...

Lidia Borysenko is an interesting conversationalist. She is intelligent and looks younger than her years. It is strange to read her considerable “service record”, which for an artist means participation in exhibits. Lidia has taken part in about 20 exhibits, but only the most notable and...