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  "Art is a weapon, too." How war forced gallerists to leave Kyiv and bring Ukrainian art to the world. The story of Voloshyn Gallery

  On February 5, 2022, gallerists Yuliia and Maksym Voloshyn opened their “The Memory on Her Face” exhibition in Miami. The project told the story of the war that began with...

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  From the streets of Kyiv to the halls of Hermès: how Ukrainian artist Waone turned street art into modern mythology

  In the late ’90s, Volodymyr Manzhos spray-painted ‘Waone’ on the wall, the name that would become his artistic alias. Back then, it wasn’t about sending a message...

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  "A culture shaped by totalitarian trauma": what Canadians (and others) should understand about Ukrainians. An interview with Ukrainian Mentality Researcher Maryna Starodubska

  In the fall of 2024, Maryna Starodubska published a book titled “ How to Understand Ukrainians: A Cross-Cultural Perspective ”. With a Master’s in People Management and...

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  Cream Dream: from Ukraine to London. In just one month, Yelyzaveta Tataryna launched a vegan café in London, and within a year, it became fully self-sufficient. Here’s how she did it

  A 25-year-old Ukrainian entrepreneur Yelyzaveta Tataryna was accustomed to hardship from an early age. Raised in a working-class family in an industrial town, she started...

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  From living in a basement to chauffeuring Hollywood stars: Anton Nesterov from Zaporizhzhia on building a successful business in the U.S. Interview

  Anton Nesterov is a near-perfect example of the famous “American Dream” come true. Back in 2004, he arrived in the U.S. on an exchange program from the industrial Ukrainian...

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  "What I love is that the brand is proudly rooted in Ukraine". Liki24 CEO Anton Avrinsky on business, investment, and mistakes to avoid

  Liki24.com is a Ukrainian healthtech startup that connects users with thousands of pharmacies for medication search and delivery. Launched in 2017 by five Ukrainian founders,...

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  "Kids are the best kind of people." How Natalia Mospan, a lawyer and mom, turned caring for her own children into a publishing business, first in Ukraine, and now publishing children’s books in France

  Natalia Mospan is a lawyer, economist, entrepreneur, publisher, and mother of three. Her Kyiv-based bookstore-café chain, My Bookshelf, made a quiet but powerful statement...

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  Ukrainian ice cream Mr. Pops is already available in Poland, Slovakia, Germany, and France, with plans to expand to Canada, the U.S., and the Middle East. Interview

  YBBP journalist Roksana Rublevska spoke with Mr. Pops’ co-founder, Yevheniia Antipova, about how the brand has changed the way we think about ice cream over the past 10 years,...