Sofia Sereda is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
A journalist's hobby of photographing the hidden architectural treasures of Ukraine's capital city takes on new significance amid the destruction of war.
From 1955 until 1963, Soviet KGB agents constantly monitored French citizen Julien Galeotti as he made tourist excursions to the Soviet Union. They were convinced he was a spy aiming to discredit the socialist haven by photographing its seamier side.
In Ukraine, some Russian-speakers are switching to Ukrainian in a gesture aimed at beating back decades of Kremlin dominance.
At least four statues of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin have been vandalized since the beginning of the year in Ukraine, a trend attributed to growing public rejection of the country's Soviet past.
