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Kremlin Dinner

2022

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"April 24, "Easter Day." Christ is risen! After more than a week of rain, the sun has come out over the city. However, there are not so many citizens ready to welcome it here. The mayor estimates that 40% of the population has already left. Thousands have been unsuccessfully trying to follow them for the past few days, as information about the forthcoming referendum, census, and forced mobilization has emerged. At the same moment, the Russian military stopped letting people leave the region. At their own risk and peril, Kherson residents are trying their luck under shelling to travel the mined road to Snihurivka, passing 50+ Russian checkpoints in order to be refused at the cherished last frontier. The particularly persistent and patient still manage to head towards Kryvy Rih via Beryslav. I will not hide the fact that the route to Crimea is also used. From there, you can move further to Georgia, Turkey, and even Europe. It is still hard for me to believe that the referendum will take place, its support here is close to zero. Even more nonsensical seems to be the mobilization of local men to participate in the war against their own compatriots. But the Storyteller has been showing in practice what the absurd and the grotesque is for exactly two months now. He crossed the line a long time ago when he first made war a tool to achieve his goals. Who can say now what line he will stop at?"
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Part of Ukrainian Art in Times of War: 2014-
Discover the art of resilience from modern Ukraine, featuring creative works that capture both the unflinching horror of invasion and the enduring beauty of the human spirit.
Part of Princeton Slavic Collections
Selections from Princeton’s collections of rare documents of the artistic, intellectual, social and political history of Russia, Eastern Europe and the territories of the Former Soviet Union.
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Creator of work
Ray, Mikhail
Language
English
Geographic Origin
Ukraine
Geographic Subject
Ukraine
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Arts and culture
Artists
Arts
Politics and government
War
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