The DNA of Kyiv
In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Our conversations with the local experts we introduce over these two episodes took place amid the ongoing war, against a backdrop of potential power blackouts and air-raid sirens. We might think of Kyiv as an ancient city in a turbulent present in which its citizens have been actively fighting for more than 1,000 days to defend Ukrainian independence, freedom and sovereignty. Across these episodes, we learn about Kyiv as a cradle of Eastern Slavic civilisation, as a meeting place of religions, cultures and empires, and as a city that is home to tenacious, self-determining and caring people, who are united in the struggle to maintain their hard-won independence.
Listen to Part I here:
Contributors
We wish to thank Denys Nazarenko of Kyiv City Council for the invitation to include Kyiv in The DNA of Cities, it has been a privilege to learn so much more about this tremendous city through the process of making these episodes. We wish to say a heartfelt thank you to Denys, Yulia Bevzenko, Dr Victoria Itskovych, Stanislav Kukhtyk and Professor Serhy Yekelchyk for sharing their insights with us in The DNA of Kyiv. If you'd like to find out more, you can read our full interviews with them by clicking below: