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Book 1. Ukrainian Spitsbergen. Vedmedi, Vugillia and Communism

Don't zvika to speeches, to people, to places. There is no sense to build a house, to plant a tree, to give birth to a son. All of them have come from abroad, all of them will go somewhere else....

That could be the history of Spitsbergen as a forsaken land, which de jure belongs to Norway, but de facto does not belong to anyone, such a hall of expectation, where people work, go to bars, and for some time collect their belongings and go on their way. It is just a stop on the road, not the end. Then Maksim Bespalov managed to turn his report about a week-long mandrivka into his own personal education in love for a place so far away from the world we know.

Maxim wanders through the settlements of the archipelago, literally picking up pieces of history. Here once lived Ukrainian miners, who came to work, and behind the horn is the so-called Doomsday Shelter, where we keep samples of usinnya in case of catastrophes. Here the whole town welcomes the sun after the polar night, and sometimes it is so self-conscious that a tourist is seen as the best friend.

Spitsbergen can be very different. It can be awe-inspiring, enchanting and disappointing. In this book Maksim has chronicled the history of Spitsbergen - its past, present and, perhaps, even its future - through the stories of the Ukrainians who have been brought to this place. This is the history of Ukrainian Spitsbergen.

Book 2. Sweden. Model for zbirka: villa, "volvo", pesik

The country, about which you can't read in the news, where people work four hours a day, eat rotten fish and get depressed. And Carlson and Mrs Thunberger live there. All this is about Sweden, and it is clear that there is not much truth in these words.

Historian Julia Yurchuk, who has been living in Sweden for over ten years, explains in her book what really makes Swedish life Swedish. She will talk about house-hunting (you have to stand in the lane to live) and Swedish design, about feminism, Tatis in decree and trust in the government, and also about laґom and why Swedes love comitets so much.

Why is it so difficult for a Swede to say "hello"? Where to buy pots for kvitiv for prince's design? How do they celebrate Midsommar and Nobel Day, and why does Christmas Eve start with breakfast and Scrooge cartoons? We'll live in Sweden for a year, eat cinnamon buns, dance on New Year's Eve, and find out what Swedish life is like in practice.