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18 WWW.UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ТРАВЕНЬ 2016 Would you go back to live in Ukraine? I absolutely would. To be honest, I am not sure if that would be for a few years or for a lifetime, but the idea is appealing because most of my family is there and I loved the openness of a community of people who share my language, my culture, my history—the homogeneity is comforting—that isn’t something you easily get in America. What advice would you give to someone else thinking of going to Ukraine to do something similar to what you did? (what to do or what not to do) I would definitely recommend travel to Ukraine for students, whether it is to work on a research project or for volunteer work or simply as a tour- ist, it doesn’t matter. It’s a beautiful (and under- rated) country and there are many things to see and do. Your opening statement in the article that was published in Kaleidoscope International Journal is “The French nation lived through five revolutions to become the stable state it is today—hopefully, Ukraine will only need two.” This sounds quite optimistic, so please explain who or what makes you feel this optimism. Having studied Ukrainian history extensively, I know that the nation has been occupied by Rus- sia, Austria, and Poland, among other invaders. Despite this oppression, Ukrainians have orga- nized two peaceful uprisings in the last two dec- ades, evidence that they are willing to fight for the betterment of their situation. Geographic realities place Ukraine next to powerful adversaries, but what Ukrainians demand is consistent with global standards of sovereignty, freedom, stability, and peace. When these guiding values are so good and so in tune with progress, one has to believe that they will eventually be achieved, through personal effort and with the assistance of other states and institutions that share similar principles. Finally, optimism is necessary for any positive change to occur, mostly because no one will work for im- provement and no idea will progress unless peo- ple first believe that their actions and ideals are achievable. (Photographs by Taras Vaskiv ) UCU Students during summer sessions 2015
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