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Kharkov

A film still of physicist Alexander Vilenkin from the set of "Dau". He was flown to Kharkov for a week to play the role of a scientist in the movie.
Arts
This movie about a Soviet scientist may be the grandest experiment in film history, if it ever gets finished
Global Politics
Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine may be the next flashpoint in the Russia-Ukraine standoff
Alina Simone's father, Alexander Vilenkin, at the Kharkov Zoo in 2011. Vilenkin worked there as a night watchman after he was blacklisted by the KGB in Soviet Ukraine.
Conflict & Justice
This Soviet-born émigré remembers working at the Kharkov zoo
Alina Simone's father, Alexander Vilenkin, at the Kharkov Zoo in 2011. Vilenkin worked there as a night watchman after he was blacklisted by the KGB in Soviet Ukraine.
Conflict & Justice
This Soviet-born émigré remembers working at the Kharkov zoo
Lifestyle & Belief
Are you Ukrainian or Russian? It’s complicated…