VITSCHE TALKS: Decolonizing the Narrative of Donetsk Oblast: The North Azovian Greeks’ Perspective

21 November 2025, 18:30
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin
Language: EN
Entrance: free donation

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Donetsk Oblast is often viewed through the prism of war and destruction, yet its cultural landscape is much deeper and more diverse.Olya Tsyprykova, co-founder and head of the North Azovian Greeks NGO, will shed light on the history and identity of the Urums and Roumeans – an indigenous community from the northern coast of the Sea of Azov in Ukraine, and how russia’s war endangers their cultural heritage. This talk will be followed by a Q&A and a tasting of psatyr – a traditional North Azovian Greek bread recently added to Ukraine’s National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.