Giselle, Dalibor, and Iulia are joined by Yuliia Fediv, executive director of the Ukrainian Culture Fund and CEO of Hromadske, an independent Ukrainian media organization. Fediv explains that culture includes perceptions about Ukraine, its values, and its people, and she outlines Ukraine’s cultural resurgence since gaining independence from the Soviet Union and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014. Fediv proposes that Ukraine has “two battlefields”: the war with Russia and the war with the old Ukrainian system that the new generation of Ukrainians are reforming. Fediv also lists Ukraine’s latest cultural exports, including film, fashion, books, and music. 

Show notes: The Ukrainian Culture Fund and Hromadske TV website and YouTube channel.

Ukrainian Shows & Films

• Servant of the People (starring Volodymyr Zelenskyy)
• I Love You Baby
• Iron Butterflies
• The Last Step

Ukrainian Fashion

• Ukrainian Fashion Week

Ukrainian Authors

• Oksana Zabuzhko
• Serhiy Zhadan
• Irena Karpa

Ukrainian Music

• The Hardkiss
• MamaRika

Ukrainian Language

• Ukrainian Institute of America offers Ukrainian language courses