Ukraine
You find the darndest things in the Stumpp book.[1] It’s a classic and almost beloved reference work for those researching…
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I’m an explorer. Whether it’s traveling to explore ancestral towns, traveling to explore new places with friends and family, checking…
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My reason for being in Ukraine became abundantly clear in a rundown bar on a Sunday morning in Odessa. I…
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There was joy. There was singing and dancing and borscht. There was violence and death. Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution was a…
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I am an idiot. In the space of about 18 hours, I participated in two demonstrations (one in pouring rain),…
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“I’m dying.” –Tweet from a 21-year-old volunteer medic, Olesya Zhukovskaya, February 20, 2014. This update was the first thing I…
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This is the final of 6 blog posts on my grandfather’s home village of Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia (now Ukraine). Resettlement to…
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This is part 5 of 6 blog posts on my grandfather’s home village of Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia (now Ukraine). The beginning…
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This is part 4 of 6 blog posts on my grandfather’s home village of Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia (now Ukraine). Celebrations Memories…
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This is part 3 of 6 blog posts on my grandfather’s home village of Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia (now Ukraine). Education and…
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