People

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  Psychologist Larysa Didkovska: “Emigration can become either a pedestal or a reason for suicide” — key takeaways from the podcast I´m Just Asking!

  Larysa Didkovska is the rector of the Ukrainian Free University (UFU) in Munich and a psychotherapist who studies what Ukrainians are experiencing during the war and how...

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  “You don’t have to be a notary if you don’t want to be.” How Bohdan Bondarenko went from teaching legal theory to building electric guitars

  Bohdan Bondarenko, a Kyiv native, fell in love with law back in high school. He enrolled in a financial-law lyceum and later in  Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ,...

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  Iryna Bashyrova started her life in the Czech Republic with night shifts at a parts manufacturing plant, where she was diving into a red-hot furnace. Now she runs her own travel agency — this is her story

  The travel agency Jarotravel, founded by a Ukrainian refugee, took 270 tourists on 14 routes through 20 cities in 4 countries in 10 months. How Iryna Bashyrova, a Ukrainian...

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  Ukrainian camper brand Lifestylecamper captured the European market and is now setting its sights on North America. How they did it — an interview

  Julia Shapovalova and Anatoliy Burbeza are a brother-and-sister duo who have loved travelling since childhood. Their parents instilled this passion: their mother, a...

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  How brothers from Kharkiv turned cheese into a space snack: An interview with snEco co-founder Philip Grishin

  An engineer by education, 40-year-old Philip Grishin was born and raised in Kharkiv. Over 17 years ago, he and his brother Vadym launched a business making DIY kits for...

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  What does a Ukrainian restaurant in the heart of London look like? Co-founder of Mriya Neo Bistro, Olga Tsybytovska, shares her story — an interview

  For 36-year-old Olga Tsybytovska, London has always played a special part. Born in Dnipro, she was drawn to British culture from a young age. In 2005, she moved to Kyiv, where...

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  “I sell chances, not illusions.” The story of PR agency founder Lado Kostandian — from Poltava to New York

  Ladó Agency is now among New York’s most dynamic PR firms, partnering with brands across Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe. Its founder, Armenian Lado Kostandian, is a true...

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  How Kateryna Prykhodko went from vet to cheesemaker and now shares Ukrainian culture through cheese in Italy

  Kateryna Prykhodko has loved animals since childhood. Growing up on Sakhalin Island, she was surrounded by wild nature and the lifestyle of a small family farm. That childhood...