zirochka (@zirochka) - Neoxian City

zirochka

Kyiv, Ukraine

Travels, photography, and a little bit of everything

10 days ago

A short trip to my hometown is coming to the end My husband's leave is coming to an end. Tomorrow, we're driving back home to Kyiv. My daughter asks me, “Why are you going back? Your home is here. You were born here and spent…

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11 days ago

Strolling around the city park and neighbourhoods Hello, guys! What are you up to? I just exceeded my daily upload limit in this post. I guess this is something new, maybe recently introduced. So these are not all the pictures…

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20 days ago

Autumn Roads, Abandoned Places, and Silent Guardians. My brief story. Hello again, friends and strangers. I am visiting my hometown again, trying to escape the round-the-clock Russian attacks, the wailing sirens, and the lack of electricity and…

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about 1 month ago

Echoes of the Past, Warmth of the Present (Part 3) Hello there! Today I will continue sharing about my little walks and discoveries during my short recent trip. The entryway of the next building on Ivan Mazepa Street also…

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about 2 months ago

Urban Exploration

Stories from My Trip to Frankivsk (Part 2) Hello, friends and strangers. Today I am sharing the second part of the photo stories from my recent trip to the city where I was born and spent most of my life, until I met my…

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about 2 months ago

Stories from My Trip to Frankivsk (Part 1) There are only overnight trains running between Kyiv and Ivano-Frankivsk, my hometown. The journey takes at least 9 hours. Sometimes up to 12 hrs. Recently, however, an extra day…

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about 2 months ago

Escape to the West The day has finally come. A long-awaited trip to the west of Ukraine, to relative safety. I went to visit my family and, at long last, get a good night's sleep. Kyiv has been…

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2 months ago

Black And White

Postmodern architecture ***It is often said that the "4 Blocks" in Kyiv’s Podil district are a textbook classic — one of the finest examples of socialist postmodernism in Ukraine. These residential…

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2 months ago

Between Heritage and Monstrosity: How Kyiv Preserves (and Loses) Its Unique Character Hello, friends and strangers. It feels like I haven’t written anything in an eternity. Not because I had nothing to say. Quite the opposite, in fact. *Time and again, I’ve…

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4 months ago

To be unemployed It has been a month since I lost my job. This week, I received my final payment. It wasn’t unemployment benefit, but rather my salary for the half of last month. So, what do my…

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