Iryna Bilian diary

This short diary provides a glimpse into Olena's life during March 2022, when she was forced to move from Kyiv to Ivano-Frankivsk. At the beginning of the war, many Ukrainians not only traveled to Poland and abroad, but also tried to find safe places in the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is also noticeable that for Olena, the issue of not only safety or anxiety, but also the use of the Ukrainian language became relevant at this time.

Sofia started recording what was happening around her in early March 2022. She started her diary in Russian, and at the end of April she was already writing in Ukrainian and from Poland. This digital file is riddled with various links and vocations, full of fears, disappointments, and hope. Sofia had to leave her studies because she moved to Poland, and perhaps she found her new home there.