A day after Russia attacked Kharkiv in mid-October with drones that damaged residential buildings, several dozen local residents gathered at an undisclosed venue to attend a concert. Like many events in wartime Ukraine, everyone in the audience had to register beforehand to learn the location of the venue so that there was no risk of it being targeted in a Russian attack. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, is located close to the Russian border and has frequently suffered from missile and drone strikes since the start of Russia’s full-scale war.
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The course which will meet 2-3:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays will explore the multilingual, multidenominational and multinational aspects of Ukrainian literature during the last 200 years.