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#muse4youth stories

Oksana Kononets

19 years old - fall from the 5th floor, severe fracture of the cervical spine 23 years old - began photo model career

Ksandra Osinina

3 The first memories. They are specific: an incredible, favorite aroma of fresh strawberries, disturbing and terrible smell of blood when I cut my hand with a grandfather's blade. Feeling of weightlessness in the hands of parents, a sun-blazing tree on my favorite playground. All those feelings, sounds were crucial for me, but, perhaps, the smells were the most important.

Lili Bratus

3 months - a Hungarian tailor, who was a landlord that my parents rented apartment at, predicted that this baby would become a tailor too

Kobus Olivier

14 - made a wow never drink alcohol or smoke. To this day I have never tasted any alcohol or smoked a cigarette. Yoga, weight training and a healthy lifestyle became a way of life for me.

Vlad Zvarych

5 - dreamed of becoming a pilot, then a botanist ... the first remained the childhood dream, the second influenced all the further life.

Olena Belova

4 - my father began to take me on his frequent motorcycle taiga trips. I still remember the smell of taiga flowers and herbs.

Dmytro Sikorsky

39 - learned how to swim. Although I lived by the sea, I didn't know how to swim until now.

Ruslan Raspopov

... After the relocation, I subsequently owned a small manicure salon, taught English and managed a bar....

Vlad Zabora

There is such creative job as hairdresser.... Despite the fact that I have a higher education and I am currently working as a University lecturer in this field, I get the greatest pleasure from simple work in the beauty salon...

Rostislav Gritsenko

...1- Was diagnosed with Infant Cerebral Paralysis 5 – I suggested a business idea to my parents. I asked my mom to go to Poland and buy T-shirts from there and then we would add some prints onto them and sell them...

Elizabeth Sukhodolska

Do not be afraid of changes - just be yourself. ... After 10 years of rapid career growth I threw everything away and settled down to work on an ancient cemetery, which has already become a museum. I dive into the history of Kyiv. Then a dream came to my mind ...

Lubov Zemtsova

Liuba lives in Minsk. She arrived in Kyiv only for a week for film casting. When she and Gulliver saw our project, they thought that it would be fun to take part in it and start a trend for people to join it with their stories right at the metro stations

Gulliver Kregg

Gulliver launched an unusual manner of joining our project ... Click on the section to read Gulliver's story.

Peter Santinello

...At the age of 22, I set the goal to save money and leave for Europe. That trip turned out to be 2 years and over 50 countries...Now I live in Kyiv...

Alexander Pedan

To somehow "survive" in the show business I have discovered a world of sport for myself. This is the only way to keep in shape both body and mind. Snowboarding, surfing, parachuting ...

Tetiana Korol

... 44 - I was proposed to place some of my works at Shevchenko museum in Beijing. I gave the smallest one)))) ...

Ilyana Almasoud

I am half Syrian, half Ukrainian... ...the separation was harder than the two wars I had witnessed...

Max Matveev

Since childhood, I was striving to be the best, unfortunately, I chose wrong path and became the best in bad things.

Dmytro Stepanchuk

0 - born in Kyiv. I tried to become friends with my peers although I always loved to be along with myself. 4 - my father-engineer begins to teach me how to draw, first spliting the shit into cells.

Olga Titova

0 - born in Odesa Loved to play at the theater, sing songs since childhood. 14 - learning to play guitar. 17 - entered variety-circus college.

Milad Moghadam

0 - Born in Iran into an intelligent, wealthy family. 4 - began to show interest in music. 14 - Listen to rock, alternative and ethnic music, have lots of unusual hobbies and interests though in Iran is not perceived by the public.

Yuriy Garmash

6 years old – find out about Stalin's death, wish to stay a kid forever 10 years old – want to become a grow up...with a beard. 16 – take my first photo and make photo enlarger with kerosene lamp because there was no electricity...

Tanya Semenyuk

0 - ukrainian 5 years old – live in Germany, translate from German to Russian and backwards. 13 years old – go swimming, take part in competitions. 19 years old – graduated from collage. 22 years old – my daughter was born.

Yuriy Malinovski

5 years old – childhood in Stalino ( my father builds Donbas mines at the day time and making photos at the evening), studying photography, music, sports, collect coins and stamps ... 13 – starting radio amateur hobby. Fist success at soviet pioneer radio games at Artek – 3d place.

Olya Bondarchuk

0 – was born in Magadan, Polyarnuy village. 9 years old – move to Ukraine with my mother and brother. ( My father died earlier and our village was closed – gold mines was closed). It was hard for me to learn ukrainian, but in 9th grade I excellent passed my ukrainian exam.

Artem Surov

0 - was born in Melitopol, Zaporizhskiy region 3-5 – lived in Crimea, growing up with my Mom and grandmother. 6 years old - came back to my hometown and went to school. 10-13 – freestyle wrestling, handball, volleyball.

Nina Penenko

0 – born in Chernigiv region in beautiful village named Sokolivka that situated in the forest on the bank of wonderful Desna river. From 4 years old – swam like otter in the river, gathered mushrooms and berries in the forest.

Tamara Li

0 – was born in Kyiv. 20-27 – studied at Repin Arts institute Soviet Union Academy of Arts and Kyiv governmental Arts institute (theory & history of Arts) 27-28 – started working in national reserve Sofia Kiyvska, Mukhailivska trapezna dept.

Svetlana Melnyk

5 years old – childhood in South Ukraine, remember our trips to the river with other children. 7 years old – learning to play fortepiano. 14 years old – ballroom dancing. 17 – actively hiking at the institute, mountain hiking, skiing - Crimea, Carpathians, Caucausus, Ural, Belarus forests.

Elena Volk

5 years old - my childhood in Belarus. ( my father builds BelAZ plant). Learning to play fortepiano. 14 years old- learning dressmaking 21 – finished my studying at Kurgan Mechanical Engineering Institute (Ural, Russia) 25 – working at R&D 32 – got married and fly away together to deep north - to the gold mines

Ruslan Yanov

17 years old - fond of diving 18 years old – army, special forces in Hungary. 1987 – came back home to Boguslav. Love its landscapes, cliffs, Ros river, ancient city and its strength. Was married, have a daughter.

Ruslan Nojhenko

There is a concept " zhiviani" ie person who loves life, loves it truly. So that is me. Was born in Russia, Tver region, ancient city Torzhok, maternity hospital #4. In a year my parents with a deep patriotic feeling came back to Ukraine...