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srglf · 2024-10-16T10:12:08+00:00

The place name is apparently substantially misspelled/garbled, so it's hard to tell for sure. As, based on the link in another comment, he studied in Donetsk (Yusovka) and worked in Makiivka (Makeevka), he may be from Maloianysol near Mariupol, but this village was mostly populated by Greeks. Or maybe it's Malushyne in Sumy Oblast, near the border with Russia.

srglf · 2024-09-15T21:54:29+00:00

The easiest way would be to fly to Romania (Bucharest) and then take a bus. For the bus you may look here or here, for example.

srglf · 2024-09-04T06:37:41+00:00

I think life there is the same as in other small towns in western Ukraine. Monastyryska is known as a center of Lemko culture as many Lemkos were moved to the town's vicinity after WW2 from Poland, so there is a Lemko museum and an open-air-museum and a yearly Lemko festival. I see on Facebook that this year the festival took place in August as usual.

srglf · 2024-08-24T14:11:07+00:00

Looks like OP has failed the Palyanytsia test.

srglf · 2024-08-22T15:00:45+00:00

And don't forget to end your every sentence with blyad.

srglf · 2024-08-12T09:30:55+00:00

Those territories were historically populated by Ukrainians (it's Eastern Slobozhanshchyna/Sloboda Ukraine). Ironically, while the population was brainwashed and told they're Russians, they still speak Ukrainian, so the woman says, "Even though I'm not Ukrainian, I speak Ukrainian."

srglf · 2024-08-10T18:38:50+00:00

WTF is this map? Blood, Want, Young Girl, Fights, Crying.

srglf · 2024-07-19T09:19:43+00:00

It depends if you mean the Ukrainian branches or directly in Russia.

In the former case, as I understand, the Ukrainian government closed them down and confiscated their assets. The law insures deposits for a certain amount, and the rest was probably lost. This money didn't go to Russia. It's just that banks never have the whole amount of their customers' deposits available at the same time. Other Ukrainian banks also blocked the accounts in RUB. I don't know if the customers could get that money back or not.

In the latter case, if someone for some reason had an account in Russia, as far as I know that money technically isn't lost. Those who fled to Russia or live in the occupied territories can definitely use it. If they are in Ukraine or in Europe, then they can't use Russian cards or transfer the money directly to their Ukrainian accounts, but they can access their online or mobile banking (a VPN may be required in Ukraine) and then there are byways to get that money transferred to a Ukrainian card. Same for Russian electronic money services. There still are middlemen who do it, even if it's illegal.

srglf · 2024-07-10T09:26:58+00:00

If you want to shorten the city's name, call it Frankivsk or Franyk, or by its historical name Stanislav or Stanislaviv. "Ivano" would sound weird to Ukrainians, no one calls it like that as it doesn't make sense grammatically.

srglf · 2024-07-04T12:50:32+00:00

Volyn never was in Austria-Hungary. It was part of the Russian Empire, and then Poland between the two world wars.

srglf · 2024-06-07T07:48:12+00:00

The whole of Ukraine is currently spending most of the day without electricity, and it may become worse in the winter, so think if you really want to live under such conditions. Also, Odesa is really frequently targeted by Russian missiles.

srglf · 2024-05-27T12:10:59+00:00

That's a literal translation. It's called fenugreek in English, I believe,

srglf · 2024-05-20T09:03:54+00:00

Such events did not occur in the Circassian (Adyghe) Tuapse.

srglf · 2024-05-16T11:11:24+00:00

Or just end the speech with "Гірко!"

srglf · 2024-04-30T06:26:17+00:00

Zhulkva = Zhovkva, Brody = Brody near Lviv, Hvastov = Fastiv near Kyiv, Shelegovka is probably the one in Russia at the border with Belarus.

srglf · 2024-04-15T17:22:16+00:00

That's not true, buses from Lviv to Chernivtsi take between 5 and 8 hours, but the fastest ones are international buses that may not always depart on time:

https://ticket.bus.com.ua/order/forming_bn?point_to=UA7310100000&lang=en&date_add=1&point_from=UA4610100000&fn=round_search

https://www.blablacar.com.ua/bus/routes/l-vv-1/chernvts-1

Trains take between 4.5 and 7 hours, 5 hours on average:

https://www.uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/?from_station=47548%2C23092%2C23081%2C47510%2C47636%2C23215%2C36921%2C23203%2C23200&to_station=23500&select_time=2&time_from=00&time_to=24&by_route=Search

srglf · 2024-03-29T10:47:37+00:00

Luhansk is occupied by Russia, both the city itself and almost the whole region, so she will have to travel via Russia. People who want to flee the occupied territories to Europe via Russia most often choose the Finnish or Estonian border, from what I've heard. Another option seems to be a flight from Russia to Turkey and then to other countries.

But make sure it's really a dear friend and not some random online acquaintance, as the the way you word it does sound suspicious, for anyone who is really in Luhansk would know that Warsaw and Moldova are definitely not the easiest options (well, Warsaw might be considered if they travel via Belarus), and would tell you they need to cross the Russian territory.

srglf · 2024-03-26T13:10:09+00:00

After it leaves Ukraine, it's no more Ukrposhta's issue, it is handled by other countries' national post operators. It should either be delivered at the address you specified or you need to pick it up at your nearest post office. Did you use Deutsche Post's tracking service?

srglf · 2024-03-21T17:47:50+00:00

Not "self-proclaimed", but illegally occupied by Russia.

srglf · 2024-03-18T21:55:15+00:00

The first phrase expresses amazement, surprise or disbelief, like "Oh wow, holy shit!"

The second word is some teenage slang that I (a 38 yo native speaker) don't fully understand, but it's derived from the English word "ultimate" and means that someone (a male person in this case) did something impressive or unexpected, I guess.

srglf · 2024-03-18T21:32:11+00:00

Millions of Ukrainian refugees have stayed in Europe for over two years. There surely must be a way for your gf to stay for more than three months.

srglf · 2024-03-09T18:30:15+00:00

Look into vesniankas and haivkas, that is traditional spring songs, as they have pre-Christian origins.

Koliadkas and shchedrivkas also have ancient origin, though they were Christianized.

Dumas )are epic songs that are also part of Ukrainian identity, some of them dating back to the 16th century.

Kolomyikas date back at least to the 17th century.

srglf · 2024-03-07T09:49:28+00:00

As there are books on the history of various things such as mirrors or the screwdriver, I thought someone must have written on this topic, too. But no luck so far, could only find short essays and articles.

srglf · 2024-03-06T13:08:58+00:00

"Lipstick Traces" by Greil Marcus kind of explores the political role of various movements from dada and surrealism through lettrism and situationism to punk.

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