How Old Are We? Reflections on a Nation’s Age Beyond the Calendar

We love simple numbers. They give an illusion of clarity. Thirty-four years, and it would seem everything is said. But nations do not live within the boundaries of calendars, for they exist in subtler dimensions—memory, imagination, language, or even the repeated gestures of everyday life. That is why the answer to a childlike, yet profoundly adult question—“So how old are we?”

A Giant Ukrainian Flag Soars in the Arizona Sky

On the eve of the 34th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence, a unique event took place in the skies over Arizona, impressing with both its symbolism and scale. Professional skydivers performed a jump with a massive blue-and-yellow flag, and the flight with the fully unfurled cloth lasted exactly 34 seconds — one second for each year of Ukraine’s independence since 1991...

Limited Independence

On August 24, 1991, the Verkhovna Rada (then still) of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine. From that moment, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR) ceased to exist, and a free Ukraine emerged. Already half a year later, on February 20, 1992, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the resolution "On Independence Day of Ukraine," which is celebrated annually on August 24 as a national public holiday...

Ukrainian Flag Raised in San Francisco to Mark Independence Day

Над будівлею мерії міста Сан-Франциско, Каліфорнія, урочисто замайорів синьо-жовтий стяг. Церемонія відбулася з нагоди Дня Державного Прапора та 34-ї річниці…

Ukraine’s Startup Playbook for Modern Warfare

Russia expected an easy victory in Ukraine when Moscow launched its invasion in February 2022. What it didn’t anticipate was that its army would become bogged down in years of grinding warfare, suffering over a million casualties by 2025...

The Cycles of Jeans, Blondes, and Eugenics, or the Times We Live In

How fascinatingly our world is built! Starting with the incredible matter of planet Earth and the phenomenon of gravity, where stars flare up and burn out like magical wonders, the Moon where the Dreamworks boy with a fishing rod sits, the Sun, galaxies with aliens and predators, black holes…