Tetiana Kolesnychenko

In Kostiantyn Chernichkin’s family photography is a real man’s profession. This father and his two sons do not treat it as mere work or a craft. To them photography is, above all, art. At The Day ’s anniversary exhibition the jury ranked Kostia’s photos among the best and awarded him a special...

Early in the morning the kitchen of Kyiv’s Social Care House is already bustling with activity. Cooks are preparing food, making tea, and slicing bread. Meanwhile, warm clothing — felt boots and padded half-coats — are being brought in. The food is distributed among the three teams that feed street...

The winners of Viktor Pinchuk’s Zavtra.UA foundation scholarship program came to Kyiv on a “Dream” to see their dream come true, flying in on the world’s largest Ukrainian-made aircraft Mriia (“Dream”). Besides receiving a scholarship, the competition winners also had an opportunity to meet...

Every day six to seven thousand children with heart problems are born in Ukraine. These children can receive help, but not everywhere. Little patients from all over Ukraine come to the Scientific and Practical Center for Child Cardiology and Cardiosurgery, one of Europe’s largest heart centers....

The results of the national poll “East-West. Ukraine in the eyes of Ukrainians” conducted by the Horshenin Kyiv Institute for Management Problems came as a surprise to specialists. From Dec. 14 to 28, 2006, 2,012 respondents participated in the poll in 14 regions of the country. One of the sections...

The Day has already reported that on New Year’s Eve demolition vehicles pulled up to the Kyiv Fortress, the world’s largest earth fortification, and razed three mid-19th-century buildings. Among them was a military telegraph, the only one that had preserved its original shape. The destruction of...

Training a rescue dog, teaching it to rescue, not just find a victim of a disaster, is easier said than done. These dogs are trained to do more than just race after a criminal and capture him, or sniff out an explosive charge, like police and mine-sniffing dogs. A rescue dog must learn to smell a...

Every day three children are diagnosed with cancer in Ukraine. Specialists say there is no proper equipment or expensive drugs in children’s cancer wards. But there is a way out of this situation: wealthy Ukrainians should be aware of this important problem and start helping. Last Thursday a...

The Day has often written about the so-called “Kyiv phenomenon,” the term used to describe construction in the city’s historic quarter. Whereas in the past investors could only get their paws on children’s playgrounds and pleasure gardens, now they are targeting nature preserves, parks, and even...

“I am writing as though to my father whom I don’t want to see. Daddy, you are in prison now, because of me. It is bad there, isn’t it? You used to beat me for nothing. You used to bully me whether you were drunk or sober. Finally, you broke my hand and I wore a cast for a long time. You left a nine...