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This Week Theatre and Classical Music 9

Monday FESTIVE CONCERT DEDICATED TO VICTORY DAY Featuring the Lysenko Quartet, Kyiv Brass Chamber Music Ensemble, Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Reutova (piano), Kalynovska (organ) Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music 528-3186 LAST LOVE Melodrama in 2 acts Time: 18.00 THE 105TH PAGE OF LOVE Drama in 2 acts Time: 19.00 JULIA@ROMEO.COM (NORWAY TODAY) Romantic drama Time: 20.00 L. Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre 234-4223

Great Easter Classical Music Festival Symphony Orchestra of Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg) National Opera of Ukraine (Volodymyrska 50)

6 May at 19.00

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The Symphony Orchestra of Mariinsky Theatre has set out on a big international tour, performing the programme from the 10th Moscow Easter Festival. This is the first time in the orchestra’s history that festival concerts will be held not only in Russia, but also in Lithuania, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. In Kyiv’s National Opera House, the Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Valeriy Gergiev, will perform Shostakovich’s Fifteenth Symphony and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth. This will be a real event in the capital’s classical music life, as Gergiev and his orchestra are known as utter professionals and virtuoso performers.

Tickets are 50-500 hrv. For more information call: 279-1169

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WELCOME TO UKRAINE Romantic musical in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta 287-6257

FIRST UKRAINIAN CONTEST OF WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS Winners final performance Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine 278-1697

MRS. MINISTER Comedy in 4 acts Time: 19.00 OLEKSANDR VERTYNSKIY. HOST OF THE BALL Mono-spectacle Time: 20.00 L. Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre 234-4223 VASYA SHOULD PHONE Russian drama Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955 PERFECT CHARLIE Ironic melodrama for adults Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre 212-4188 CLASSICS ON FRIDAYS CONCERT SERIES. ARIAS FROM POPULAR OPERAS Featuring Eroshkina (soprano), Slepnjova (mezzo-soprano), Yanytsky (bandura), Chernyshova (piano) Works by Mozart, Puccini, Hlinka, Piazzolla, Tchaikovsky Master Klass Cultural Centre 594-1062

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NORMA Opera in Italian in 2 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169 NATALKA POLTAVKA Ukrainian musical drama in 2 acts Time: 19.00 I. Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre 279-5921

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Sunday MADAME BUTTERFLY Opera in Italian in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169 COFFEE CANTATA Evening-concert in 1 act Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta 287-6257 ROMANCE. MASTER-CLASS Musical drama in 2 acts Time: 19.00 I. Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre 279-5921

1001 PASSIONS/THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE Tragic comedy Time: 18.00 EDITH PIAF: LIFE IN PINK Play Time: 20.00 L. Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre 234-4223

SWEET LIAR Comedy in 2 acts Time: 18.00 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Light-hearted comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Valentine’s Day Drama in 2 acts Time: 20.00 L. Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre 234-4223

QUARTET FOR TWO Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392

UNTIL MOTHER COMES Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392

THREE SISTERS Russian drama Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955

THREE SISTERS Russian drama Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955

KYIV ACCORDION FEST Featuring Cherkazova (accordion), Grand Accordeon Ensemble, Dzherelo chamber music quartet Works by Schmidt, Rameau, Vurtern, Piazzolla Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine 278-1697 CONCERT OF ORGAN MUSIC Featuring Bubnova (organ) Works by Bach Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music 528-3186 DON QUIXOTE Ballet in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169 MAZEPA Mon-spectacle by Volodymyr Smotrytel Time: 19.00 House of Actors 253-8247/2081 LYUBOFF! Ironic comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392 MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT Time: 19.00 October Palace 279-1582, 278-7492

11 Wednesday ANNIVERSARY CONCERT 55th Anniversary of the Work of Volodymyr Lukashev Featuring the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine 278-1697 CONCERT OF CLASSICAL MUSIC Featuring Lyatoshynsky Classic Music Ensemble Works by Schubert, Mozart Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music 528-3186 ZAPOROZHETS BEYOND THE DANUBE Opera in 3 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169 BAYADERA Operetta in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Kyiv Operetta 287-6257 THE OVERLY HAPPY FATHER Comedy in 2 acts Time: 19.00 L. Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre 234-4223

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SATISFACTION Play in 2 acts from The Merchant of Venice Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392 GUESTS COME AT MIDNIGHT Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955

12 Thursday ANNIVERSARY CONCERT 60th Anniversary of Mstyslav Yurchenko Featuring Pochayna Chapel Choir, Svitoch, Vodrodzhennya, Anima and Academia choirs Time: 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine 278-1697 EVENING OF RUSSIAN ROMANCES Featuring Lavrenova (mezzosoprano), Chikirov (lyrical baritone), Sharapov (violin), Hosachynsky (cello), Reutova (piano) Time: 19.30 National House of Organ and Chamber Music 528-3186

KARMEN. TV Ballet in 2 acts by the KMB Time: 19.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth 425-3116 EVENING OF ACCORDION MUSIC Featuring Myronchuk (accordion) Time: 19.00 House of Actors 253-8247/2081 HER CRAZY HUSBANDS Comedy in 1 act Time: 19.00 L. Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre 234-4223 TALAN Melodrama in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Molody Theatre 278-7392 ROMEO & JULIET Play in 2 acts Time: 19.00 Drama & Comedy Theatre on the Dnipro 517-1955 ASSO & PIAF A history of love Time: 19.00 Suzirya Theatre 212-4188

RAYMONDA Ballet in 2 acts Time: 19.00 National Opera Theatre of Ukraine 279-1169

Music of the War Years Devoted to Victory Day National Philharmonic (Volodymyrsky uzviz 2)

9 May at 19.00 The 9th of May is an important date in world history, marking the fall of Berlin and the end of WWII. The National Philharmonic, along with the Ridni Naspivy folk instrument ensemble, the Veseli Muzyky accordion quartet and the Kozachka Trio present a programme of songs and melodies of the war years. Patriotic songs, love lyrics, sad commemorative ballads - all the familiar melodies of the tragic years 1941-45 will take you back to the days when the horrors of war were visited upon human lives.

Tickets are 20-70 hrv. For more information call: 278-1697

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Live Music

6-12 May 2011

Hippies in Town!

Umka and Bronevik (Moscow, pop-rock, hippy), Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b)

11 May at 19.00 Umka (a character from a Soviet cartoon and, at the same time, the nickname of the band’s lead singer) comes to Kyiv on her Bronevik (armoured car, in English), to demonstrate just how odd band names are getting. Umka and her band are known as a legendary underground band, thanks to the venues they pack full of fans at their gigs and the great hippy spirit of their music.

Admission is 50hrv. For more information call 279-4137.

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Friday BROVY PAPY (POP-ROCK) Divan (Bessarabska 2) Time: 20.00 Admission: free 235-7366 RED ROCKS(ROCK) Time: 22.00 Admission: 50hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137 VYTIVKY (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b) 390-6106 BEEFEATERS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) 461-8788 WILD PEOPLES, HOT GUYS (COVER BANDS) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Khreshchatyk 19a) 459-0551 TABULA RASA, GOODLIFE (POP-ROCK, COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 70hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 SYMPHONY, RED ROCKS (COVER BANDS) Time: 22.00 Admission: 70hrv Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528 SOUL TIME (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: call and check Porter (Mishuhy 3a) 536-9979 SHUBIN BAND (COVER BAND) Time: 20.00 Admission: call and check Porter (Kostelna 4) 278-0490 MOJO JO JO (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545 RIFFS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Star Pub (Popudenka 1a) 292-2900 JAZZ INSIDE (JAZZ) Time: 20.30 Admission: free Jazz Do It (V Vasylkivska 76a) 289-5606

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NEEDLESS (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 50hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137

SOYUZ 44 (JAZZ) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137

CARTE BLANCHE (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b) 390-6106 CHANT MOULIN (ROCK) Time: 20.30 Admission: 30hrv Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) 461-8788 GREEN SILENCE, FOXTROT MUSIC BAND (COVER BANDS) Time: 22.00 Admission: 70hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 MAD HEADS XL, EASTERN EXPRESS (ROCKABILLY, COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 70hrv Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528 KOMA (POP-ROCK) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Route 66 (Zhylyanska 87/30) 239-3865 BANGLADESH ORCHESTRA (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: call and check Porter (Mishuhy 3a) 536-9979

ZHNYUV (POP-ROCK) Time: 20.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b) 390-6106 BLUES FESTIVAL (BLUES) Time: 19.00 Admission: 40hrv Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) 461-8788 CHILL OUT (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 ANIMALS’ SESSION (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528 RIFFS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: call and check Porter (Mishuhy 3a) 536-9979 ALEX GERMAN (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

LEMONS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528

TRES DESEOS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528

INVOLVE (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: call and check Porter (Mishuhy 3a) 536-9979

THE BITCH (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: call and check Porter (Mishuhy 3a) 536-9979

CARTE BLANCHE (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: call and check Porter (Mishuhy 3a) 536-9979

CHECKPOINT (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

MAX TAVRICHESKIY (COVER BAND) Time: 20.00 Admission: call and check Porter (Kostelna 4) 278-0490

MJ PROJECT & DJ RIO (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

RU MORES BOYS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

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Tuesday SPRING JAZZ NIGHT (JAZZ KARAOKE) Time: 22.00 Admission: 40hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137 LEMONS (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 20hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717

Wednesday UMKA AND BRONEVIK, VZROSLIY BAND (POP-ROCK, COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 50hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137

Thursday DUDKO QUINTET (JAZZ) Time: 22.00 Admission: 50hrv Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137 BEEFEATERS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Khmilna (B Khmelnytskoho 3b) 390-6106

THE MAGMA (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717

SPIRITUAL SEASONS (IRISH) Time: 21.00 Admission: 50hrv Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) 461-8788

ROCKING WOLVES (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528

HOT GUYS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Khreshchatyk 19a) 459-0551

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Some Blues at Night?

TARTILA (COVER BAND) Time: 20.00 Admission: call and check Porter (Kostelna 4) 278-0490

MOJO JO JO (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Art Club 44 (Khreshchatyk 44b) 279-4137

8 May at 19.00

MJ PROJECT (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

INTIM, VORONIN BAND (POP-ROCK, COVER BAND) Time: 20.00 Admission: call and check Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) 461-8788

HIGHSCORE (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Star Pub (Popudenka 1a) 292-2900

GERA & SECOND BREATH (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: free Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717

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BANGLADESH ORCHESTRA (COVER BAND) Time: 22.00 Admission: 30hrv Docker’s ABC (KhreshchatykZankovetskoi 15/4) 278-1717 RUKY V BRYUKY (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: free Docker Pub (Bohatyrska 25) 451-8528 RESONANTS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.30 Admission: call and check Porter (Mishuhy 3a) 536-9979 WILD PEOPLES (COVER BAND) Time: 20.00 Admission: call and check Porter (Kostelna 4) 278-0490 RED ROCKS (COVER BAND) Time: 21.00 Admission: free Ciro’s Pomodoro (S Rustaveli 12) 221-4545

Blues Festival (blues), Bochka Pyvna (Moskovskiy Pr 17/1) A couple of Ukrainian blues bands got together and decided to stage a concert dedicated to the 100th birthday of the world famous bluesman Robert Leroy Johnson. The musician is thought to be the most popular jazz/blues man of the 20th century and his tunes have already become classics of modern music. The evening will be replete with the best songs from the Johnson repertoire and a great jam-session will follow. Don’t miss this gig!

Admission is 40hrv. For more information call 461-8788. : What's On Recommended

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This Week Art

6-12 May 2011

Honoring the Soldiers of the Great Patriotic War Special exhibition devoted to Victory Day Museum of Partisan Glory (Slavhorodska, Slavy Park)

From 5 May The Museum of Partisan Glory presents a special exhibition devoted to Victory Day (9 May). The exposition includes documents, photographs, medals of honour, as well as personal items of Soviet soldiers. This is the perfect time to get a little more perspective on the tragic and difficult history of the past and learn a little more about the problems and people directly involved in the drama of World War II. For more information call: 223-9462

PAINTINGS Exhibition of works by Anna Dobrova and Tamara Gik Wunjo-Art gallery (Heroiv Stalinhrada 10a) Until 13 May 228-6620

THE DARK GENIUS Exhibition of photographic works by Bob Carlos Clarke Brucie Collections (Artema 55b) Until 6 June 205-4264

ITALIAN TRANS AVANT-GARDE Exhibition of Italian artists Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Nicola De Maria, Francesco Clemente, Mimmo Paladino M 17 (Antonovycha 102-104) Until 15 June 596-2030

ZERO-SPACE Exhibition of works by Serhiy Momot Bottega Gallery (Mykhailivska 22b) Until 11 May 279-5353

PERSONAL EXHIBITION Paintings by Oleksandra Prakhova Museum of Modern Art (Hlybochytska 17) Until 15 May 201-4945

PERSONAL EXHIBITION Works by Mykhailo Tymchuk Master Klas (Lavrska 16) Until 31 May 594-1063

AGGLOMERATION Exhibition of works by Dobrynya Ivanov Ya Gallery (Khoryva 49b) Until 6 June 492-9203

Family

Meet & Greet for Intelligent Mammals Nemo Dolphinarium (Akademika Glushkova 9)

Tuesday – Friday at 15.00, 18.00 Weekends at 12.00, 15.00, 18.00 The Nemo Dolphinarium has been a staple on the Kyiv entertainment scene for a few years. But like all good things, it too deserves revisiting; especially since there are claims that it is the best marine show in all of the CIS. Seals, dolphins and the country’s beloved trainers are what make this a spectacular event for kids and adults alike – but that’s not all! You also have the unique opportunity to swim with these aquatic animals!

For those of you looking for something to gift that special daughter in your life come 8 March, this is just the thing!

Tickets are 80hrv. For more information call 520-5550 or visit www.nemokiev.com

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PUPPET THEATRE Hrushevskoho 1A (metro Maidan Nezalezhnosti) 278-5808

CIRCUS Peremohy 2 (metro Vokzalna) 486-3927 www.circus.com.ua

MUNICIPAL PUPPET THEATRE Mytropolska 1 513-1500

ZOO Peremohy Pr. 32 241-7769 www.zoo.kiev.ua

MARIONETTE THEATRE Sahaidochnoho 29/3 (metro Poshtova Ploshcha) 417-3058 http://marionet.com.ua

DYVOSVIT 4D cinema, children’s labyrinth, attractions Marshala Malinovskoho 24/10 502-0088 www.dyvosvit.ua

BUTTERFLY ULTRAMARINE Cinema, children’s playground, bowling, arcade Uritskoho 1A (metro Vokzalna) 206-0350 www.kino-butterfly.com.ua KOBZOV CIRCUS 239-2181 Prospekt Pobedy 82 www.circus-kobzov.com.ua MYSTICAL-AQUARIUM CENTRE Koshytsa 8A (metro Poznyaky) 502-1796 www.aquariumfish.com.ua

NEMO DOLPHINARIUM Akademika Glushkova 9 520-5550 www.nemokiev.com KYIV PLANETARIUM Chervonoarmiyska 57/3 287-7508 www.planet.org.ua/about.html AQUAPARK TERMINAL Aquapark, shopping and entertainment centre Kyivska 316 in the town of Brovary 200-1450 www.aquapark-terminal.com.ua

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KYIV PLANETARIUM Selection of various show programs

Time: 11.00, 12.30, 14.00 and 16.00 Chervonoarmiyska 57/3 287-7508

Friday KING DROSSELBART Time: 12.00

Aquacircus

Time: 13.00, 15.00 Circus (Peremohy 2) 486-3927

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ADVENTURES OF BURATINO Time: 12.00

Saturday WOR PIPPI-LONGSTOCKING Musical in 2 acts for children7+

Time: 12.00

Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2) 425-4280

Tuesday

ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Circus (Peremohy 2) 486-3927

Lypska Youth Theatre 253-6219

A Boy’s Tale in 2 acts

THE BICYCLE WITH RED WHEELS

Adventure in 1 act for children 3+

AQUACIRCUS Time: 13.00, 15.00

Time: 12.00 THE BICYCLE WITH RED WHEELS

Adventure in 1 act for children 3+

Time: 11.00 & 13.00 Lypska Youth Theatre 253-6219

Time: 13.00 Lypska Youth Theatre 253-6219

SLEEPING BEAUTY (BALLET) Time: 12.00 Kyiv Theatre of Opera & Ballet for Children & Youth (Mezhyhirska 2) 425-4280 YASNOGORODSKYA OSTRICH FARM Podlesnaya 32, Yasnohorodska (30km outside of Kyiv) 782-3240 www.ostrich.com.ua HOPAK IN KYIV Hopak Training Centres 332-7747 or 067-933-3244 Visit http://hopak.kiev.ua/ua/ NABEG HORSEBACK RIDING CENTRE Vishgorodska 85 067-712-3384 http://www.loshadi.kiev.ua/

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ADVENTURES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Play in 2 acts

Time: 12.00 I. Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre 279-5921

KYIV HORSE RACE TRACK Akademika Glushkova 10 266-2223 STATE MUSEUM OF TOYS Klovskiy 8 253-5400 INTERESNIY KIEV Tours in and around Kyiv in English!

491-1176 or 068-121-4458 Visit www.interesniy.kiev.ua/new/ tour/english

PYROHOVO OPEN AIR MUSEUM Folk architecture and life Marshrutka #3/156 from metro Lybydska 526-5542 MAMAEVA SLOBODA Outdoor Cossack Museum Mykhayla Dontsya 2, Otradniy region 361-9848 www.mamajeva-sloboda.ua

NIVKY PARK Children’s playground, rifle ranges, walking paths, cafes Prospect Pobedy 82 KURENEVSKIY PARK Playgrounds, attractions, cafes Frunze 134 NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN Open year round Timiryazevskaya 1

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Nightlife

6-12 May 2011

Do the Math Amia Venera Landscape (Italy, post-hardcore, experimental, post-metal, ambient)

11 May at 19.00 Post-hardcore group Amia Venera Landscape only came together in 2007, but quickly scaled the heights of the Italian alternative music scene. With their odd time signatures and technical mastery evident on their 2008 debut EP, Amia Venera Landscape became a solid favourite of Italian club-goers. Now, Kyiv will have a chance to hear AVL’s recent release The Long Procession in the eminent Sullivan Room, with support from Kyiv bands +/- (mathcore/experimental) and Uprising Formalhaut (post-metal).

Tickets are 50hrv. For more information call 066-485-5555

DISLOCADOS SALSA BAND, DANCE SHOW, DJS Time: 22.00 Admission: L-80hrv, G-120hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 ALL BEST GOLDEN NIGHT – DJ GREG, DJ BRO, DJ FIRST, DJ RUNOV AND OTHERS Time: 22:00 Admission: call and check Patipa (Muzeyniy 10) 253-0150 TOP WEEKEND PARTY Time: 20.00 Admission: L – 40hrv, G – 60hrv Gallery Club (Pobedy 47, 2nd Floor) www.galleryclub.kiev.ua

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Sunday SENSATION: THE OCEAN OF WHITE Time: 21.00 Admission: starting at 649hrv International Expo Centre (Brovarsky Prospekt 15) www.sensation.com/ukraine INTERNATIONAL SALSA FESTIVAL Time: 22:00 Admission: participants – 60hrv, onlookers – 120hrv Home Concept Night Club (Perova 2) 558-2545 EURO HIT – DJ ALEXANDER GUSEW Time: 20.00 Admission: 20hrv Gallery Club (Pobedy 47, 2nd Floor) www.galleryclub.kiev.ua

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Friday MAYA – DJ TIMOTI FAIN, DJ MASHA TEE, DJ ZOTOV, ARENA SHOW GIRLS Time: 22.00 Admission: 100hrv Arena (Baseina 2a) 093-947-7476 WOR SHOWTEK LIVE – F**K THE SYSTEM Time: 22.00 Admission: 130-300 hrv Stereo Plaza (Kikvidze 17) 222-8040 80S DISCO Time: 20:00 Admission: L – free, G – 150hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494 MASTERS OF THE DARKNESS DONNY (UK), FUNTCASE (UK), LUCIO DE RIMANEZ (RU) Time: 22:00 Admission: 80-100hrv Home Concept Night Club (Perova 2) 558-2545 SALSA MAY DAY Time: 22.00 Admission: 120hrv Sullivan Room (Prorizna 8) 066-485-5555 BOOZY FRIDAY PARTY DJ MARCU$$, DJ ZOITS, MC DYM, BABY GIRLS! Time: 22.00 Admission: 100hrv, VIP - 200hrv BabyFace (Shchorsa 44) 286-0777 DISLOCADOS SALSA BAND, DANCE SHOW, DJS Time: 22.00 Admission: L-80hrv, G-120hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 R ‘N’ B FRIDAY - DJ SHKED, DJ SPEEDY, DJ PAHATAM Time: 22.0 Admission: L – free, G – 50 hrv Vodka Bar (Globus-2nd line, Maidan Nezalezhnosti) 371-1102

DJ SUKHAR, DJ ALEXANDR GALICKIY, DJ GRYZLI, DJ D.SPIELER Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Saxon (Trutenko 4) 257-4070

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Saturday INTERNATIONAL SALSA FESTIVAL Time: 22:00 Admission: participants – 60hrv, onlookers – 120hrv Home Concept Night Club (Perova 2) 558-2545 RADIO AZURE PARTY - DIAMOND DJ`S, “AZURE” GO-GO DANCESHOW Time: 20.00 Admission: L – free, G – 150hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494 PIXEL PARTY Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Crystal Hall (Dniprovskiy Spusk 1) 288-5069 DUBMASTA, LONG ARM, ARTEM SENSOR Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Draft (Khoryva 1/2) 463-7330 SEXY PYJAMA PARTY Time: 21.00 Admission: L – before 23.00 – free, after – 50hrv, G – 90hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024 PARTY MONSTERS - MISHA ZAITSEV, ALEX PRIDE, LUNNI Time: 22.00 Admission: L – 30hrv, G – 60 hrv BabyFace (Shchorsa 44) 286-0777 SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT – DJ KEY, DJ ROCKSTAR Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check Aura (Volodymyrskiy Spusk 2e) 383-5999

TO BERLIN PARTY! – TANKISTOV TRIO & MAD DOGS. Time: 20.00 Admission: L – free, G – 150hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494 PUMP YOURSELF UP PARTY Time: 21.00, ladies only before 00.00 Admission: L-free, G-90hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024 TERRITORY OF LOVE COEUR EXTASIE Time: 22.00 Admission: free Lake Club (Revutskoho 2) 098-363-6363 D’LUX LIGHT DISCO DJ MAROCCO Time: 12.00 Admission: free D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3) 200-9009 R’N’B BOOM: ALL STARS PARTY – DJ LADY, DJ JEFF, DJ MEHANIK, MC YOUNG T, MC GERRIK GORILLA Time: 22.00 Admission: L-20hrv, G-30hrv Forsage (Harmatna 51a) 232-6780 EXTREME LADIES NIGHT Time: 21.00 Admission: L-40hrv, G-60hrv Aura (Volodymyrskiy Spusk 2e) 383-5999

DISCO STYLE PARTY Time: 22.00 Admission: free Aura (Volodymyrskiy Spusk 2e) 383-5999 80S DISCO Time: 21.00 Admission: free Sorry Babushka (Dmytrivskaya 18/24) 486-0300 POP PARTY – DJ VELSKIY Time: 23.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494 BOHEME PARTY Time: 21.00 Admission:15hrv 75 kop Gallery Club ( Pobedy 47, 2nd Floor) www.galleryclub.kiev.ua

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Tuesday FRIEND PARTY Time: 22.00 Admission: free Aura (Volodymyrskiy Spusk 2e) 383-5999 FRIEND’S DAY Time: 18.00 Admission: free Gallery Club ( Pobedy 47, 2nd Floor) www.galleryclub.kiev.ua LATINO DISCO Time: 21.00 Admission: L-20hrv, G-50hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 LADIES NIGHT Time: 22.00 Admission: free D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3) 200-9009 LA BELLA PARTY Time: 21.00 Admission: free Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024 DISCO 80S Time: 23.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494

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AMIA VENERA LANDSCAPE (ITALY, POST-HARDCORE, EXPERIMENTAL, POST-METAL, AMBIENT) Time: 19.00 Admission: 50hrv Sullivan Room (Prorizna 8) 066-485-5555

CRAZY THURSDAYS Time: 22.00 Admission: 30 hrv Aura (Volodymyrskiy Spusk 2e) 383-5999

Wednesday

NO STRESS PARTY Time: 18.00 Admission: L – 40hrv, G – 60hrv Gallery Club ( Pobedy 47, 2nd Floor) www.galleryclub.kiev.ua LADIES’ HAPPINESS Time: 22.00 Admission: L – free, G – 100hrv Stolitsa (Hrushevskoho 1b) 279-0000 DISCO RADIO FORMAT Time: 22.00 Admission: free Aura (Volodymyrskiy Spusk 2e) 383-5999 LATINA FIESTA PARTY – SALSA SCHOOL, DJ STALKER, MC ADAM, GO-GO DANCE-SHOW Time: 20.00 Admission: free Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494 AMAZON ISLAND PARTY – EROTIC SHOW, STRIPTEASE, CONTESTS Time: 21.00 Admission: L-free before 00.00, after 30hrv, G-100hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 LADIES NIGHT – HAVANA MOJITO Time: 22.00 Admission: free D’Lux (Hrushevskoho 3) 200-9009

Thursday

LADIES NIGHT – BEST STRIPTEASE IN KYIV Time: 23.00 Admission: L-free, G-100hrv Azure (Leontovycha 3) 234-7494 LATINO DISCO Time: 21.00 Admission: L-20hrv, G-50hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 UNLIMITED THURSDAYS – SAMOSUD Time: 22.00 Admission: call and check BabyFace (Shchorsa 44) 286-0777 WHAT GIRLS WANT… STRIPTEASE! Time: 21.00 Admission: L-20hrv, G-50hrv Sorry Babushka (Dmytrivskaya 18/24) 486-0300 SEXY BUNNIES IN JAMAICA Time: 21.00 Admission: L – free, G – free before 23.00 free, after 23.00 90hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024 SEX IN THE BIG CITY Time: 20.00 Admission: L – 25hrv, G – 30hrv Gallery Club (Pobedy 47, 2nd Floor) www.galleryclub.kiev.ua

LADIES NIGHT WITH MC CLUBNICHKA Time: 21.00, ladies only before 00.00 Admission: before 00.00 L-free, after L-50hrv, G-90hrv Shooters (Moskovska 22) 254-2024

Take the Plunge Sensation: the Ocean of White (International Expo Centre, Brovarsky Prospekt 15)

8 May at 21.00 What can one call Sensation? A party? An understatement. A happening? Again, the word doesn’t quite capture the scale of this undertaking.

Sensation is an event – an event like no other. Boasting a top-rated raft of DJ talent, truly extraordinary sets and lighting (80 tonnes’ worth!) and what is guaranteed to be a terrific overall atmosphere, any Kyiv dancemad clubber would be out of his or her mind to miss this blockbuster.

Sure, the tickets are pricey, but surely it’s worth shelling out a bit, to be able to tell your friends that you took were part of this one.

Tickets start at 649hrv. For more information see www.sensation.com/ ukraine/ru/home

LATINO DISCO Time: 21.00 Admission: L-40hrv, G-60hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 MAY DAY – DJ ALEXANDER GUSEW Time: 20.00 Admission: 20hrv Gallery Club (Pobedy 47, 2nd Floor) www.galleryclub.kiev.ua

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Monday RED RIDING HOOD PARTY Shooters (Moskovska 22) Time: 21.00 Admission: free 254-2024 LATINO DISCO Time: 21.00 Admission: L-40hrv, G-60hrv Caribbean Club (Kominternu 4) 288-1290 : What's On Recommended

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Vadym Myshkoriz

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Body Painting: The Most Natural Genre of Art? No one knows exactly when it all started, but at some point more and more naked girls started appearing covered with paint and intricate designs. Many may have been repulsed by what they saw as a vulgar medium for advertising, but there is no question that painted models attract lots of attention to various exhibitions, and painting them is art!

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Coming Soon

A Kiss from Kherson Master Klass (Lavrska 16)

Evolution of the Kiss. Exhibition of works by Vyacheslav Mashnytsky Karas Gallery (Andriivsky uzviz 22a)

20 May at 20.00

From 17 May

The Classics on Fridays series of concerts presents the sixth part of a survey of British music, offering Kyiv music lovers the opportunity to hear a fine selection of William Byrd’s works.

The late Renaissance musician is widely considered the greatest English composer ever, as his music has passion, intellect and a rhythmic energy which has rarely be equalled. The Vox Anime vocal ensemble specialises in ancient music and they will perform some of Byrd’s best pieces for keyboard and concert music, songs and his wonderful Mass for five voices. Get in touch with Renaissance music and feel its harmony!

Tickets are 30 hrv. For more information call: 594-1063

Vyacheslav Mashnytsky is an important name in modern Ukrainian art. Coming from an old Kherson art family, he not only continued the family artistic tradition, but also established a museum of contemporary art in his three-room Kherson apartment. Working with different techniques, from classic realism to video installations, the artist always responds to the calls of the life today and social issues. In Kyiv’s Karas Gallery, Mashnytsky will present a selection of works featuring the evolution of the kiss, uniting in one exhibit both the political and private sides of the subject.

For more information call: 2386531

Byrd Music

A Welcome Roach Papa Roach (US, nu-metal, Alta Expo Centre (Moskovskiy 11a)

29 June at 20:00 Calling themselves “a band that tries to walk that line between metal, hardcore, punk rock and pop music”, the pride of Vacaville, California is bringing its Raid the Nation tour to Kyiv and, if the chatter on the group’s website is anything to go by, Kyivites will be turning out in droves. And why not? Papa Roach exploded onto the music scene in 1999 with the major-label debut album Infest, going on to endless touring and two more albums, Lovehatetragedy and Dancing in the Ashes, which attained gold and platinum status, respectively. While frontman Jacoby Shaddix maintains that the rapping that featured on many of their earlier works is now out, form suggests that they’ve kept more than enough other sounds in to grab you.

Tickets are 400-800 hrv.

PROSTO.ART Exhibition of works by contemporary Ukrainian artists. National art Museum (Hrushevskoho 6)

13-20 May Center for Contemporary Art Foundation, together with the National Art Museum, is organising an exhibition featuring a charity auction and performances, to which 70 Ukrainian contemporary artists have donated works. Among them are such famous and well-respected names as Olexandr Roytburd, Tiberiy Silvashi, Pavlo Makov, Valeriya Trubina, as well as a new generation of Ukrainian artists – Stas Volyazlovskiy, Oleksiy Say, Alevtina Kakhidze and many others. The funds raised at the auction will be used for projects aimed at supporting Ukrainian contemporary art: an experimental art projects contest, visits of leading international experts to Ukraine, establishment of an international school for young artists, critics and journalists, and other worthy ventures. Hurry to see these works before they are sold at the charity auction on 21 May. For more information visit www.cca.kiev.ua.

The Boy Is Back in Town Boy George, Arena (Baseina 2a)

20 May at 23.00 For its official season opening, Arena is pulling out all the stops, presenting 1980s mega-hit superstar Boy George and all-around style guy Boy George. The face of such hits as “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?”, “Karma Chameleon” and “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya”, Boy George (or George Alan O’Dowd, as his parents know him) went from fronting the hugely popular – if rather wet – band Culture Club in the early 80s to a solo career, scandal, and finally resurrection in a very rewarding and lucrative new career as a DJ. It’s in this latter capacity that Boy George will be gracing Kyiv with his presence. Hurry on down to Arena on the night and catch sight of a true legend at work.

Ticket price TBA. For more information call 531-6215.

Heaven’s Gate Carlos Santana, Palace Ukraine (Chervonoarmiyska 103)

19 June at 20.00 Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana is finally bringing his Latin-infused rock, blues and jazz fusion repertoire to Kyiv, as part of his Guitar Heaven 2001 tour. An icon to generations of music fans and musicians, Santana burst into the public imagination with his band’s searing performance of the song “Soul Sacrifice” at the famed 1969 Woodstock Festival. Along the road of his multiple-Grammy career, Santana has left unforgettable milestones, with massive hits like “Evil Ways,” “Oye Como Va” and the rock radio staple “Black Magic Woman.” Throughout his storied professional life, he has collaborated with other musical geniuses spanning musical genres, including (but not limited to) Herbie Hancock, Booker T. Jones, Willie Nelson and Wyclef Jean. Carlos Santana returned to massive commercial success in 1999 with the album Supernatural, and is out once out to prove that he deserved recognition as #15 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time. It’s time to change your own evil ways and enter guitar heaven.

Tickets are 150-400 hrv. For more information, call 247-2316.

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Kyiv’s Spring of Classic Music Jazz Conquers the Ukrainian Metropolis Tecora Rogers (jazz), National Music Academy. (Horodetskoho 1-3/11)

23 May at 19.00 The Chicago jazz school, as represented by Tecora Rogers, will be visiting Ukraine once again. The singer’s Ukrainian tour will take her thorough Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Yalta, Simferopol and Odesa, before capping it all with a great show in Kyiv. Tecora Rogers was born in Chicago and began singing gospel at the age of six, later taking up jazz. In her many years of performing, Rogers has taken part in numerous jazz festivals, most notably those in her hometown, the Chicago Jazz Magazine Festival and the standout Jazz Unites Festival.

Tickets are 100-250 hrv. For more information call: 279-1242

A Legendary Singer Worthy of A Capital City Robert Plant and the Band of Joy, Palace Ukraine (Chervonoarmiyska 103)

31 July at 19.00 “Legendary”, “ground-breaking” and “influential” are but three of the adjectives that have been applied to Robert Plant. And with good reason. The young man from Birmingham first

The Big Event One Event: dOP Live! (France, house, techno) and Livio & Roby (Romania, house), Crystal Hall (Dniprovskiy Spusk 1)

13 May at 23.00 One Event could just as easily be entitled “Unique One-off Event,” combining a high-energy performance with an impressive light show to create an unforgettable night of abandon. dOP, judging from their promo material, is the house/techno version of the Pogues: lovable reprobates, drinking and reeling about the stage, while pumping out an infectious groove.

Their openers on the night – Livio & Roby – are a highly regarded Romanian house duet, who will be looking to get the audience moving – and they’ve got the tools and talent to do it.

Ticket price TBA. For more information call 288-5069.

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Kyiv’s Spring International Music festival National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Volodymyrsky uzviz 2)

20 May at 19.00 National Philharmonic of Ukraine presents the international music festival Kyiv’s Spring, inviting some of the world’s best classical music performers. This time it’s Joseph Lin – an outstanding violinist who in 1999 became the youngest musician ever to receive the prestigious Pro Musicis International Award. An active soloist, Lin has performed with the leading orchestras all over the globe.

In Kyiv, Lin will perform with the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic and the programme will include works by Prokofiev, Berlioz and Ukraine’s very own Myroslav Skoryk.

Tickets are 20 -100 hrv. For more information call: 278-1697

Freak on a Leash Korn (US, nu-metal), Palace Sport (Sportyvna 1)

30 May at 19.00 Last year, the well-known American band Korn produced their ninth album called Korn III: Remember Who You Are. With the release of this work, the band returned to their roots, introducing simple, but energetic music. While that in itself is newsworthy, the really exciting part is that these award-winning metalists will be here in Kyiv for the first time at the end of the spring; something fans have been waiting for for some time. Come check out the freak on a leash, Jonathan Davis, and his band doing what they do best.

Tickets are 300 – 500hrv. For more information call 246-7406

exploded onto the late 1960s music scene with the soon-tobe mega-group Led Zeppelin – a name adopted following a comment by Keith Moon of the Who, regarding the group’s chances of success. From these not entirely humble beginnings (Jimmy Page, after all, had already tasted fame with the Yardbirds), Plant and “Led Zep” reeled off a stunning string of blues-infused hard rock hit albums, spawning chart-topping hits like “Communication Breakdown”,

“Heartbreaker”, “Rock ‘N’ Roll”, “Kashmir” and, of course, “Stairway to Heaven”, the song that accompanied many a latenight teenage fumble. Led Zeppelin’s successes and, for all intents and purposes, the band’s existence, came to an end with the death of drummer John Bonham. Undeterred and with a considerable amount still to offer, Plant soldiered on, notably releasing a platinum (and 5 Grammy-winning) album entitled Raising Sand, in collabo-

A Love of Opera

made a name for himself not only with his renditions of famous operas, but also working classic arias into new and modern arrangements. If you couldn’t tickets on his first time through Kyiv, here’s your chance!

Tickets are 100 – 1300hrv. For more information call 247-2303.

Alessandro Safina (Italy, opera) in concert, Palace Ukraine (Chervonoarmiyska 103)

26 May at 19.00 Alessandro Safina caused a real sensation with his concert in Kyiv this spring. The audience was reluctant to let him go, so he promised to come again. Keeping his promise, the singer of the Moulin Rouge soundtrack’s “Your Song”, whose charming tenor voice has already conquered the hearts of music lovers all over Europe, will perform for the Kyiv public once again!

Those who have caught him live already know his magnetic manner and warm sense of humour. Singing professionally since the age of 9, Safina has

ration with American singer Alison Kraus. On tour with his new band (although the name recalls his pre-Zeppelin group), Plant will be arriving in Kyiv as one of the most beloved rock singers of all time. This concert will be, if there is any justice in the world, sold out and tickets will move fast, so you may want to “Ramble On” down to your box office as soon as tickets go on sale.

Ticket prices TBA. For more information call 247-2316.

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Kateryna Kyselyova

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Ukraine History Since 1965, 9 May has been officially celebrated as the “Victory Holiday of the Soviet Peoples in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.

Since then, Ukraine has marked 9 May as a state holiday, accompanied by splendid military parades and other events, like a day off, with a festive concert and fireworks at night.

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his year will mark the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, so Party of Regions deputy Vadym Kolesnichenko has registered a draft resolution declaring 2011 a year of commemoration of the victims of the Great Patriotic War. In his explanatory note, Kolesnichenko states that this will promote patriotic feelings among the younger generation, using the example of our nation’s great victory. All the above raises a couple of questions. First: was it a great victory if the losses Ukraine suffered are taken into account? Second: should 9 May be a celebration, or a day of commemoration? In seeking an answer to these questions, let us look at the historic research calculating how many lives Ukraine lost in its massive opposition to two totalitarian leaders who desired power and land.

Changing History Soviet historiographers worked full-bore to create powerful myths, including regarding the Great Victory which became the linchpin in the creation of a new type of a person – “homo sovieticus”, or “Soviet man”. With that purpose in mind, historiography was bent to the requirements of the ideology, masking the real number of losses and the stupid blunders of Soviet military commanders in 19411945. While in other countries the question of the number of military losses takes the same place as other historical research, Soviet academics were encouraged to find ways to minimize the real numbers, to hide the real facts and to justify the defeats. This is why masses of documents concerning the Great Patriotic War were and still are strictly classified, with only officially sanctioned versions of the events published and promoted.

The “historians” of Stalin’s time claimed that overall Soviet losses did not exceed 7 million.

Khrushchev’s relaxation of restrictions led to the number of losses being increased significantly, up to 20 million. Brezhnev’s historians

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put the number at more than 20 million, while Gorbachev raised the number slightly higher, to 27-28 million people.

The latest statistical research aimed at finding an accurate overall number of victims of the Great Patriotic War was conducted in Russia in the mid-90s, the results of which are now considered official and historically grounded, giving a number of 27 million Soviet dead in 1941-1945. This research, however, elides an accurate estimate of Ukrainian losses in the war for several reasons. First, Ukraine had been occupied by Germany for two years.

Today, it is no secret that the Soviets simply treated the people who lived on occupied territories as collaborators, with many sent to concentration camps in Siberia. Second, it was important to stress that the victory was due to “Soviet soldiers,” without disaggregating the numbers by nationality, although Ukrainians accounted for, by some estimates, up to 1/3 or even ½ of Red Army personnel.

Closer to Ukraine’s context According to recent research, Ukraine suffered the heaviest losses in the Great Patriotic War of all the Soviet republics, with damage to the economy comprising 44% of the overall USSR losses. 714 Ukrainian urban centres were demolished and more than 28 000 villages destroyed, leaving more than 10 million people homeless.

Regarding human losses, the report of the Medical Academy of UkSSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic), published immediately after the war, offers a number of 6 million Ukrainian victims. The editorial board of the official Russian statistical research journal cites approximately 5 million in overall military and civilian losses, plus more than 2 million deported as labourers to Germany, giving us a total of 7 million. However, Ukrainian historians since the country’s independence, having worked in Russian archives, claim that these numbers are greatly diminished.

A Tragic Number A rough calculation gives us the following: by 1941 the official register of the Red Army shows about 5 million servicemen. Although the Soviets mobilized nearly 29 million people during the war, on 1 June 1945, records show a little more than 11 million survivors, meaning 23 million in human losses. If we assume that Ukrainians made up 1/3 of the armed forces, we arrive at a figure of nearly 8 million dead Ukrainian servicemen and women.

Taking the data of the 1939 official census, there were approximately 41 million people living in Ukraine before the war. By 1945, this number had dropped significantly, to about 27 million, meaning around 14 million people had disappeared. Remember that Germany

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lost a little less than 6 million people and their estimates are accurate and objective.

The official web site of the Embassy of Ukraine to the Federal Republic of Germany published an article by Ukrainian historian Korol, who claims that Ukraine’s demographic losses totalled nearly 17 million, of whom nearly 7 million were military servicemen.

Forgotten Heroes In other words, Ukraine lost somewhere from a minimum of 8 million to a maximum of 17 million, demonstrating not only the scale of the human tragedy war brought to Ukraine, but also the careless attitude of the Soviet rulers to human life. In March 1942, Stalin ordered that the issue of soldiers’ “dog tags” – metal medallions worn around a soldier’s neck, carrying his vital statistics - be discontinued. The same year, the Red Army refused to register a number of victims by name, introducing instead

the defence of Kyiv. His daughter, born the same year, never saw her father, since being sentenced to “shtrafbat” service was equivalent to a sentence of death. Only much later, she was told by her father’s comrade that her father wanted only to be wounded in the chest or belly, in which case he would be honoured as a hero and his family would receive state benefits. In the end, 28-year old Pavlo was seriously wounded in the belly, but did not survive the operation. Documents show that he was later buried with military honours in Kyiv region. My husband made desperate, yet unsuccessful attempts to find his grandfather’s grave, as the village mentioned in the documents contained no such grave of honour.

This story again reflects the callous treatment on the part of the Soviets of those who fought and died for Stalin’s great victory.

The 1943 liberation of Kyiv from fascist occupation provides a shining example of poor

SOVIET HISTORIOGRAPHERS WORKED FULLBORE TO CREATE POWERFUL MYTHS, INCLUDING REGARDING THE GREAT VICTORY WHICH BECAME THE LINCHPIN IN THE CREATION OF A NEW TYPE OF A PERSON – “HOMO SOVIETICUS”, OR “SOVIET MAN”. the category of “missing” people. This category included those whose names we’ll never know, because their documents were destroyed, in order that future generations would not know the “enemies of the people,” i.e., those who were in German captivity, those who worked for German soldiers on occupied territory (remember, Ukraine was occupied for two years), those who refused to fight and die “for the Motherland, for Stalin” and those who survived liberation from German concentration camps. All these millions went “missing” in Soviet concentration camps or were dragooned into so-called “penal battalions”. According to Korol’s documentation, approximately 280 000 soldiers were simply shot as “traitors” by the Soviets. This is the number for the soldiers executed following conviction by a military tribunal. However, in August 1941 and July 1942, Stalin gave orders to shoot any soldier from a unit that found itself encircled, as well as any soldiers who fell behind in attack. It seems reasonable to assume that there were hundreds of thousands of similar cases, all going unrecorded in the official calculation of losses.

My mother-in-law’s father served in this type of battalion. He was unlucky enough to be captured by the Germans, but was later released. He came home, only to be called up for service in the Red Army again in 1941, for

military execution on the part of the Red Army, as well as a complete lack of good sense. Stalin ordered that Kyiv be liberated before the anniversary of the October Revolution. The order was, of course, carried out and Kyiv was freed of German forces on 6 November, but at the staggering cost of 500 000 lives!

Another senseless waste of human life was the operation to capture Berlin in 1945. Official Russian statistics list nearly 300 000 victims, while the latest estimates put the number at nearly 700 000 lost; victims of a battle, the outcome of which was pre-determined.

A Sacrifice too Great to Declare Victory Considering all of the above... was it really a victory? Was it a victory for the millions of dead, or even the millions of survivors, parted forever from beloved husbands, children, fathers, grandfathers, brothers and sisters?

And is there anything for Ukraine to celebrate on 9 May, while this country and its people remained captive to another totalitarian regime for the 46 years following Europe’s liberation from Hitler’s grasp? Finally, was it a Great Patriotic War for Ukrainians, enslaved by the Soviets and forced to sacrifice so many lives for the glory of the oppressor? The answer suggests itself.

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Take Me Out!

Remember Your

Last Trip to Turkey?

I have to confess, right here at the beginning, that I have never been to Turkey. I’m a reasonably well travelled guy, but this is just one place I have never been. So, that meant that for the evening of the TUCC gathering here in Podil’s well known Turkish eatery, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to get. No preconceived ideas of what national Turkish dishes are like, or how they should taste, none.

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o, open minded and ready for some new taste sensations, I join the gathered TUCC members for their return trip to Tike.

From time to time the good people at The Ukrainian Connoisseurs Club do repeat visits to their member restaurants to check that the stars awarded in the past are still justified, maybe because the venue has a new menu, or a new chef, or maybe just because they want to host a good party for a good crowd again. Whatever the reason, the most recent TUCC event was just such an evening.

No Gin but New Friends I will have a moan to kick off this review. TUCC members know the traditions of these evenings: we pay attention to every detail, starting with the coat service, but it is not that which I need to complain about – the coat service was pleasant and polite enough. Instead, my complaint is that usually a TUCC event starts with a welcome drink, a Gin & Tonic being quite common. As I have plans to watch the Dynamo Kyiv vs Braga game later with a friend, I know I’m in for a long night and so have decided to turn down the G&T I know I’ll be offered before I even arrive.

But, for some reason, there is no gin on offer for me to turn down! This could have something to do with the fact the evening’s host, Terry Pickard esq., is late.

Shown to a table with new acquaintances, I start making notes as we chat. Then a couple whom I have known for many years but see sadly very rarely also come and join us, and this is one of the nice things about the TUCC, the mix of people: it is always a gathering of friends, old and new.

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So, to the restaurant, the ground floor entrance does not reflect the dining areas that sit a floor above. The entrance is rather plain, and one cannot read the quality of the venue from this viewpoint. Once upstairs and observing the coat check we are supposed to later comment on (perfectly simple, happily leaving out any over-the-top formalities in case you re interested) I note that the interior is simple and stylish with plain wooden floors and an almost minimalist feel about the décor and furniture. Except the chandeliers. The dining level of Tike has three separate rooms and as I enter the first thing I notice is a very large open grill to my left, which is a pleasant surprise: as I said at the outset I didn t know what to expect. but now I am expecting meat freshly cooked over hot coals and that is always a good thing as far as I am concerned.

Tantalising Treats Before getting to the meat some starters are brought out (just as Terry arrives) which are a treat for the eyes first of all. We are presented with a mixture of eight different dishes, from a simple but very tasty mix of chopped tomatoes, onion and herbs in oil (Gavurdagi in Turkish), to a rather spicy plate of lamb called Sig Kofte and chicken cooked with nuts and other herbs, a fantastic mix of parsley and spring onions (Hayirly).

There was also a nice aubergine dish (Patlican Kavurma). All of these were quite excellent, and I was already feeling a little too full.

And there is a “duet of hot small cakes” to come next according to the menu in front of me.

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Take Me Out! Listings RESTAURANTS AMERICAN ARIZONA BBQ 25 Naberezhno Khreshchatytska st.

425-2438 Open: 08.00 – 24.00 The only American run restaurant in Kyiv, open since 1995.

Free Wifi, drinks, food, parking, satellite TV, credit cards, live music

SAM’S STEAK HOUSE 37 Zhylyanskaya st.

287 20 00 Open: 08 a.m. – 12 a.m. www.karta.ua Steak House. Grill restaurant. Breakfast.

Wide choice. 8 a.m. - 12 p.m., weekdays WI-FI

HINKALI 4, Shota Rustaveli st.

234-0692 Open: 24 hours Real Caucasian culture reproduced in its best meals. Cuisine with an accent.

KAZBEK 30a L. Ukrainky blvd.

285-4805 Open: 11.00 - 24.00 Restaurant with original interior and traditional Tone stove for baking bread.

KUVSHYN 10 Fedorova st.

592-6363 Open: 12.00 - 24.00 Caucasian cuisine. Every dish served in its own original and unique manner.

ASIAN TERRACE Mezhigirska 87 B str. +380932673630 +380443511572 Оpen: 18 00 – 06 00 Asian style, comfortable room karaoke with beauties.

MIMINO 10a Spasskaya st. (Podol) 417 35 45 Open: 12.00 – 00.00 www.karta.ua Authentic Georgian cuisine WI-FI

PUSHISTIY SUSHI-BAR 23-a Velyka Vasylkivska st.

234-3101 Open: 12.00 ‘til the last visitor leaves Original mix of styles in the interior, fuzzy fur on the walls. 30 kinds of sushi and sashimi.

SAFFRON 3 Vorovskogo st.

569 10 10 Open: Sun – Wed: 12.00 – 00.00 Thu – Sat: 12.00 – 05.00 www.karta.ua Oriental cuisine, Karaoke-lounge WI-FI NOBU 12 Shota Rustaveli st.

246-7734 Open: 12.00 - 24.00 Sushi bar in central location. Great decor and service, wide menu of authentic sushi.

PENA 30/18 Yaroslaviv Val st.

234-1701 Open: 12.00 - 24.00 Japanese fusion is the big pull here, which means a combination of all that is great about Japanese and Western cuisines.

TUBITEYKA 29/50 Tarasivska st.

287-0242 Open: 8.00 – 23.00 Asian and home made cuisine, delicious breakfasts, kalian. Oriental atmosphere – and decoration.

WI-FI

EUROPEAN 7FRIDAYS CITY-CAFE B Khmelnytskoho 29 278-1187 www.7fridays.kiev.ua Situated in the very heart of Kyiv, the 7Fridays cafe is bursting with city life while striving to preserve a homelike atmosphere. Offering a peaceful corner to forget about city rush, stop for delicious European cuisine for breakfast, business-lunch or dinner. Internet available.

WI-FI STORY CAFE 17/18 Naberezhno-Kreschatitskaya st.

467 78 97 Open: 11.00 – 00.00 www.karta.ua French, Italian & Japanese cuisine WI-FI RAZGULYAEVO 70 Stolichnoe highway (to Koncha-Zaspa) 259 17 00 Open: 11.00 – to the last client www.karta.ua Entertainment complex (restaurant, hotel, sauna, paintball) WI-FI

FRENCH COMME IL FAUT Velyka Zhytomyrska St. 2A 219-1919 Open: 11.00 - 02.00 A feeling of Paris in the Kiev charm.

Menu flavours and aromas take you back to the finest Parisian tastes with the most modern accents. Eexclusive chocolate menu you never tested before.

CAUCASIAN ANI 72 Chervonoarmiyska st. 4th floor 590-2565 Open: 11.00-23.00 An open show-case kitchen will let you watch the respected Chef cook traditional dishes on the chargrill for you.

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CREP DE CHINE 25 Hoholivska st.

537-7070 Open: 08.00 – 23.00 A culinary expirience you won’t forget!

MEDITERRANEAN OLIVERA 2A Velyka Zhytomyrska Street 219-1919 Open: 06.30 - 23.00 Casual dinning with the best Mediterranean food. Homemade pasta and great pizzas. Try the probably best breakfast in town. Sunday Brunch the new experience in Kiev every Sunday at 12.00.

TEATRO RESTAURANT OPERA HOTEL 53 B. Khmelnitskogo st.

581 70 70 Open: 06.30 – 23.00 Mediterranean cuisine. Exquisite selection of the best dishes around the Mediterranean Sea Flavors & Tastes at their best!

TERRACOTTA 5-7/29 Pushkinska st.

537-4535 Open: 07.00 - 23.00 Mediterranean restaurant of superior cuisine.

Wine and cigar rooms offer the perfect touch to Terracotta’s delicious dining experience

FUSION BEEF MEET & WINE Shota Rustaveli 11 225-0035 Open: 12.00-24.00 Meet cuisine with no ethnic equivalent. Only the best meat from top suppliers and a wide choice of wine match.

WI-FI BUDDHA-BAR KIEV 14 Kreschatik st. (near Khreshchatyk hotel) 270- 7676 Open: Mo – Wed: 13.00 – 02.00 Thu – Sat: 13.00 – 04.00 Sun: 14.00 – 02.00 www.buddhabar.com.ua Restaurant lounge-bar WI-FI MARRAKESH 24 Sagaydachnogo st. (Podol) 494 0 494 Open: Sun – Thu: 12.00 – 01.00 Fri – Sat: 12.00 – 04.00 www.karta.ua Oriental restaurant. Moroccan, French & Japanese cuisine. Hookah menu.

WI-FI MAROCANA 24 Lesi Ukrainky blvd.

254-4999 Open: 11.00 - 02.00 This popular beau monde hang-out bills itself as a fashion TV cafe.

INTERNATIONAL ARENA ENTERTAINMENT 2-a Baseyna st.

492-0000 Open: 9.00 ‘til the last visitor leaves Spacious and cozy restaurant with European cuisine and micro brewery.

AURA RESTOBAR Volodymyrskiy Uzviz 2-е 3835999, 3836000 www.aura-cafe.com Open: 11.00 – 6.00 European, Mediterranean, Japanese cuisines and dishes on Tandura. Wide choice of wines and hookah.

BIER PLATZ (NEW!) Maidan Nezalezhnosti – 7 Khreshchatyk 067-407-5544 From 11.00 until the last client Delicious Czech, German and Ukrainian cuisine. 11 sorts of draft beer. 7 plasma screeens and 1 huge wall screen, offering various sports channels.

Wi-Fi B-HUSH Velyka Zhytomyrska St. 2A 11th floor, InterContinental Kyiv 219-1919 Open: Sunday - Wednesday: 6 p.m. – 2 a.m.

Thursday - Saturday: 6 p.m. – 4 a.m.

Rooftop caviar and champagne bar. Enjoy stunning view of Kiev. b-hush… b-cool… b-here…

GRILL ASIA RESTAURANT 5 Alla Tarasova st.

581-12-34 Open: 6:00 - 24:00 Two open kitchens, European and Asian cuisine in luxurious surroundings.

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

INTERCONTINENTAL KYIV LOBBY LOUNGE BAR Velyka Zhytomyrska St. 2A 1 st floor, InterContinental Kyiv 219-1919 Open: 08.00 - 02.00 Enjoy the best coffee in town in a relaxing and luxurious atmosphere. Great selection of whisky. Enjoy an InterContinental high tea every day from 13:00.

MYKA RESTAURANT Khreshchatyk 46a 227 8943 Open: 12-24 Delicious international cuisine in the heart of Kyiv

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Kyiv Life Cultural Attaché of Germany, Harald Hermann (left) didn’t want to miss this exhibition

Attack Without Provocation BRUCIE COLLECTIONS Once again the excellent gallery Brucie Collections has brought another interesting exhibition to Kyiv, this time displaying the works by British photographer Bob Carlos, famous for his work with the likes of Rachel Weisz, Keith Richards and Dita Von Teese. The exhibition runs until 6 June, but please note it carries an X certificate, so leave the kids at home for this one.

Folk from the Italian Embassy checking out the photos

TV-host Anatoliy Borsyuk (centre) tries to find the hidden meaning in the work of Bob Carlos

A Charitable Auction for the Children

Singer Artem Mekh happy to help

Maecenas Oleksandr Krylov taking part Honoured president of the Festival Eugenia Carr (right) with some friends

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ACC’s Jorge Zukoski with his wife, Courtney

PREMIER PALACE On 21 April, President of the Nazustrich Mriy Festival, Eugenia Carr, invited Kyiv’s wealthy to a charity auction aimed at helping disadvantaged children. The items to be auctioned were a collection of works by some famous artists, along with paintings and Easter eggs created by the kids themselves. People dug deep when it came to bidding on the items, and the children present must have felt very cared for when they witnessed how much people were willing to help.

Iryna Vologin (left), President of the International Social Organization Nazustrich Mriy with another charity activist

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Celebrities Turn Out for New Horror Movie

Volodymyr Yudashkin from JoyStarSystemKiev and Kateryna Fedorenko from UniqueUkraine

BUTTERFLY COUNTRY Ukraine’s top celebrities gathered for the premiere of Hollywood’s latest spooky movie, Insidious, in which a family tries to prevent evil spirits from trapping its comatose child in a realm called The Further. We’re thinking if anyone had read that blurb first, they’d have stayed home, so it was lucky other entertainment was provided including a séance. In addition, Ukrainian artist Serhiy Babych was on hand drawing caricatures of the guests, which was a good thing as it gave them something to laugh about when they left the showing in tears.

The band Gavan posing for the cameras

Artist Serhiy Babych in the middle of the creative process

Girls from Trishi with their portraits

Deputy of Ukraine Taras Chornovil (right)

Ambassador of Netherlands Pieter Jan Wolthers and his wife greeting German Ambassador Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth and his spouse Lizabeth

It’s Queen’s Day! NETHERLANDS EMBASSY On 28 April the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hosted a reception on the occasion of Queen’s Day, the National Day of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Representatives of the Dutch community, the diplomatic corps, Ukrainian NGOs, politicians and government officials came to celebrate this marvellous event for the Kingdom. Everyone had a great time, spending the evening in easy conversation and simply taking a break from their daily routines.

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Khrystyna Matsiv and Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine Daniel Caron

Ambassador of Argentina Mrs Lila Roldan Vazquez de Moine, her husband Bernard and Ambassador of Arabic Republic of Egypt Yasser Atef

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Kyiv Life Little Kostya makes friends with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet

Getting excited at the thought of seeing the cartoon

Hop to the Cinema with the ACC

A great opportunity to spend time with the whole family

A great time for the kids

KINOPALACE CINEMA The ACC invited its members to see the latest animated feature film sensation, Hop, on 26 April. The movie tells the tale of the Easter Bunny’s teenage son who heads to LA in the hope of becoming a drummer in a rock ‘n’ roll band. With this hilarious premise, you could expect a bundle of laughs, and that exactly what those in attendance got, kids and adults alike.

Szilvia and Michael Clark on the balcony

Victoria Strygun and Anthony Waller with Niall Cullens of the British Embassy H.E. Leigh Turner talks to his guests

The Night Before the Royal Wedding

Loudon Hannah and Anthony AddingtonBarker get all patriotic

BRITISH AMBASSADOR’S RESIDENCE On 28 April, the night before William and Kate get hitched, His Excellency, the British Ambassador Leigh Turner, invited the British community to a special reception at his residence. During the evening, the Ambassador addressed the audience, telling them of some important changes in the way the Consulate works, and raised a glass to the royal couple. The rest of the evening was then dedicated to meeting friends, old and new.

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Space Oddity

Artist friends of Mystetskiy Arsenal

MYSTETSKIY ARSENAL Top Ukrainian singer Oleh Skrypka and his band VV held a special charity performance in this art space on 27 April. As part of the International Week of Modern Art, the singer, who’s a well known charity activist, also staged a performance of modern dance from the Open Space dance troupe.

Everyone present had a great time, and all proceeds went to charity.

Enjoying the performance

Open Space group in action Multitalented Oleh Skrypka

Russian Artist Garry Zukh

Oleksandr Sokolovskiy and Iryna Danilevska from UFW Director of Mystetskiy Arsenal Charity Fund Olha Vieru and the Head of Mystetskiy Arsenal Natalya Zabolotna

Irena Trots, Head of Renaissance Centre

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Essential Kyiv Fitness Centres GOLF CENTRE Obolonska Naberezhna 20 230-9436 www.golf-center.com.ua The Golf Centre offers 36 stations, a 2-level floodlit driving range, 7-hole golf course, Golf Academy, Pro Shop and restaurant.

No membership required!

Plenty of free parking on site

Club Olympus Alla Tarasova 5 581-1234 Cyber Gym B. Khmelnytskoho 50 465-3171 Kiev Sport Club Blvd Druzhby Narodiv 5 522-8866 Premier Palace Fitness Center Blvd T. Shevchenka 5-7/29 537-453

Hotels

InterContinental Velyka Zhytomyrska Str 2A 219-1919 hotel.kiev@ihg.com http://intercontinental-kiev.com

Airlines

Ukraine International Airlines ticket office in Kiev 4, Lysenka Street (044) 581-50-50 www.flyUIA.com

Austrian Airlines Kyiv City Office Velyka Vasylkivska 9/2, Reservation: 8-800-3000-492 office.ukraine@austrian.com www.austrian.com More than 60 flights per week from 6 biggest cities in Ukraine to the whole World!

Aerosvit Airlines 9/2, Velyka Vasylkivska str.

(044) 490-3490 0 800 509 800 (free for stationary phones); 799 (free for Kyivstar GSM, Life:), Beeline, MTC mobile operators)

www.aerosvit.com

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Language Courses President Hotel 12, Hospitalna str., Kyiv, 01023, Ukraine 256 32 56 256 32 54 ino@presidenthotel.com.ua www.presidenthotel.com.ua

SMARTFOX Language school, Translation’s agency Vandy Vasylevskoi 7 502-6290 www.baziscenter.com Premier Palace Hotel Blvd T. Shevchenka / Pushkinska 5-7/29 537-45-00 279-87-72 Reservation: 244-12-11 info@premier-palace.com www.premier-palace.com

Center of Spanish Language and Culture Obolonska 7, 1st Floor 239-2418 www.spanish.com.ua

Marriage Agencies

International House Vandy Vasylevskoi 7 238-9870

Marriage agency “EVE” Only serious and real ladies for serious relationship.

All ladies photos are made in our studio, up to 50 photos of each.

Personal approach. Apartments.

English speaking drivers.

Elite Guides. Tours around Ukraine.

Lesi Ukrainki 15 599-07-09 (office) 067-865-77-57 www.visioneve.org visioneve@visioneve.org

Delta Air Lines General Sales Agent SIA "ContinAt" Chervonoarmiyska 9/2, #17 287-3595 www.delta.com Now fly Kiev-New York Non-stop

Dnipro Hotel Khreschatyk 1/2 254-6777 254-6737

Airports Boryspil International Airport 490-4777 www.boryspilairport.kiev.ua Kyiv-Zhulyany International airport Povitroflotsky 92 242-2309/08 www.airport.kiev.ua

Beauty Salons Favorit V.I.P. Club Muzeyny 6 278-3338

Centre Intensive.

Welcome the foreigners to Russian and Ukrainian languages training courses or individual lessons. We provide you with certificate!

5 building of KNEU (Melnikova 81) 5 floor 067-693-9665, 205-5406 www.centreintensive.com.ua

Medical Centers

Hyatt Regency Kyiv Alla Tarasova 5 581-12-34 581-12-35 info.hrkyiv@hyatt.com www.kyiv.regency.hyatt.com

British Council Teaching Centre Skovorody 4/12 490-5601

Educational Program LEGO Education Borysa Hmyri 6 Klovskiy Uzviz 8 Heroiv Stalingradu 18 383-5150, 383-5152, 577-2900 www.vynahidnyk.org

Opera Hotel B. Khmelnitskoho 53 581-70-70 537-73-73 reservations@opera-hotel.com www.opera-hotel.com

Oxford Klass School of English English for adults and children, Cinema club 34 Ivana Mazepa St. Kiev, 01015, Ukraine 594-10-64 594-10-62

English Language Learning Recreation and Travel Centre Social Networking with Ukrainians and Foreigners Educational, entertaining, cultural, interesting, inexpensive Horiva 37 (M. Kontraktova Pl.) 098-245-1500 www.vkontakte.ru/club23571290

Translation Services

reservation@dniprohotel.kiev.ua

www.dniprohotel.kiev.ua

Air France-KLM Kiev, 34/33, Ivana Franka str.

490-24-90, 496-35-75 www.airfrance.ua, www.klm.ua

Ez English Blvd Lesi Ukrainki 16, #18 235-5926

Personal Massage

Education Australian Council English Language Learning Centre Tuition, Training, Seminars, Events, Presentations, Clubs, Discussions, Conversation Horyva 37 (M. Kontraktova Pl.) 098-245-1500 www.vkontakte.ru/club23571290

Australian Council English Language Learning Centre Tuition, Training, Seminars, Events, Presentations, Clubs, Discussions, Conversation Horyva 37 (M. Kontraktova Pl.) 098-245-1500 www.vkontakte.ru/club23571290

American Medical Centers Emergency Phone: +38 (044) 490 7600 Berdychivska, 1 +38 (044) 490 7600 +38 (044) 490 7600 patientservices@amc.com.ua

Australian Council (English-Russian-Ukrainian) Professional Native Speakers Horyva 37 (M. Kontraktova Pl.) 098-245-1500 100 MOV Nahirna 24/1 489-5856 Alliance-profi Mechnikova 6, #33 235-6643, 592-4588 Anakonda-translate 529-3302

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