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Towering over the City of Kyiv
Nicknamed the Iron Maiden, Brezhnev’s mother, Mother Motherland, and the slightly off-color, Tin Tits, an angry goddess dominates the skies above the Dneiper River in Kyiv. Weighing 1,000 tons, 15 times the weight of Lady Liberty, and reaching 68 meters into the sky, conveys the shock and rage of war. Dynamic and fierce, the surprisingly girlish and vaguely eerie face commemorates the Siege of Stalingrad and memorializes the 200 days of the Battle of Stalingrad during the Second World War. Over 1.1 million Soviet soldiers died during the bloody weeks, and more than twice as many Russian civilians perished as well.
FeaturesIcons of Mystery; Icons of the Faithful
During the summers when wheat does not grow and at times when hope drains away from the soul, Ukrainians turn to faith. From farmhouse to farmhouse, men and women once worshipped wooden icons, ones they believed were endowed with a mysterious power to link the soul of a mortal with God. Peasant icons were mostly conspicuously displayed placed prominently on a table or in a wooden cabinet draped with embroidery.
FeaturesA city for ‘walkers’, Kyiv traces centuries of history on one street
Walking through Kyiv’s repository of history and travelers will find vendors selling old Lenin busts, Wehrmacht medals from World War II and banners proclaiming communism’s glory. Andrew’s Ascent or Andriyivky Uzviz is Kyiv’s most popular street with tourists and locals alike. Named after the Baroque St. Andrew’s Church, this street has earned its reputation of being Kyiv’s Montemarte.
FeaturesUkrainians are a quiet storm building in Hollywood
Beleaguered by the tide of films with a Russian revisionist point of view, Ukrainians in Hollywood are busy promoting Ukrainian interests in films and television. With the birth of the Hollywood Trident Foundation in 1999, the voices of the Ukrainian diaspora are coming to the entertainment surface.
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