Ukrainians who live abroad rediscover home in pandemic

INFBusiness
15.04.2021
Lifestyle

Ukrainian designer and DJ Diana Turchak poses for a photograph in central Kyiv on April 7, 2021. Turchak is one of many Ukrainians living abroad who stayed in their home country during the pandemic longer than usual and rediscovered the local culture and life.

Throughout Ukraine’s thorny history, millions of residents left the country in search of a better life.

Some escaped the authoritarian regimes of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Some were labor migrants leaving behind the economic instability of newly-independent Ukraine. Others moved in pursuit of a better education.