Despite what might be for sale at Petrivka market, the discourse around Ukraine’s traumatic Soviet past is a constant one.
On Saturday, Ukrainians gathered to put candles in front of the Holodomor monument and share a minute of silence on Holodomor Memorial Day. The Holodomor or The Great Ukrainian Famine is believed to have been caused intentionally by Stalin to break Ukrainians and their resistance to his regime.