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Alexandra Keeler
Social Strategy ConsultantAlexandra Keeler is a social strategy consultant at the Kyiv Independent. She is the former manager of the lifestyle social media team at Corus Entertainment Inc. in Canada. She received a BA in English Literature from Trent University in Peterborough, Canada, and a graduate certificate in Publishing from Centennial College in Toronto, Canada. She is also a freelance writer and has been published in Atlas Obscura, Big Think, Complex Canada, and more.
Articles
Ivana Kupala, Ukraine’s midsummer festival
Rooted in pagan tradition, the holiday honors fire, water, and plants through rituals for purification, protection, and harvest.
Who were the Ukrainian Cossacks?
It's widely believed that Ukrainian Cossacks were formed from a diverse mix of East Slavic free peasants, escaped serfs, and even nobles.
The writing is on the wall: Ukrainian archivists collect Russian graffiti as evidence of war crimes
“It is not considered a war crime if you had fun,” reads graffiti left by Russian soldiers in the backroom of a bar in the village of Velyka Komyshuvakha, located in the Izium district of Kharkiv Oblast.
Before being liberated, the area was occupied by Russian forces for six months between April and September 2022, during which Russian troops set up a network of torture chambers and carried out a systemic, organized effort to terrorize the local population.
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Ukraine makes appearance at Burning Man festival
Ukraine made an appearance at this year's annual Burning Man music and arts festival, taking place from Aug. 27 to Sept. 4 in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
Holodomor: Soviet Union’s man-made famine in Ukraine
The Holodomor — meaning “murder by starvation” in Ukrainian — is widely seen as one of the most devastating tragedies in Ukraine’s history.
