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The Washington Post: As bombs fall, a Ukrainian professor teaches economics — and survival

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PHILADELPHIA, USA - APRIL 11: Iryna Pyenska stands for a portrait outside her daughter and son-in-law's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post)

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PHILADELPHIA, USA - APRIL 11: A reflection of Iryna Pyenska in the kitchen window while she teaches a Master's class on Zoom, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post)

PHILADELPHIA, USA - APRIL 11: Iryna Pyenska's notes and student paperwork in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post)

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PHILADELPHIA, USA - APRIL 11: Computer light reflects on Iryna Pyenska's glasses while she teaches a Master's class on Zoom, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post)

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PHILADELPHIA, USA - APRIL 11: Family mementos from Ukraine that were brought to Philadelphia by Kateryna Pyenska Tulioand Iryna Pyenska on several trips, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post)

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PHILADELPHIA, USA - APRIL 11: (L-R) A photo of Kateryna Pyenska Tulio, her grandmother Nina Kniazieva and her mother Iryna Pyenska, in an album of photographs carried by Iryna Pyenska from Ukraine, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post)

PHILADELPHIA, USA - APRIL 11: Iryna Pyenska stands for a portrait inside her daughter and son-in-law's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post)

PHILADELPHIA, USA - APRIL 11: A Ukrainian flag hangs from the front porch at Kateryna Pyenska Tulio and Michael Tulio's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 2022. (Photo by Caroline Gutman for The Washington Post)

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The Washington Post: As bombs fall, a Ukrainian professor teaches economics — and survival

Copyright Caroline Gutman 2024

Updated Apr 2022

Location Philadelphia

Topics Media

For The Washington Post: Iryna Pyenska, a professor at Kharkiv National University, didn't expect to be teaching in the middle of the night from her daughter's kitchen. As Russia began invading Ukraine, she and her elderly mother escaped from their hometown of Kharkiv, flying to Philadelphia where her daughter and her family live.

"'I thought it was a false alarm,' Pyenska said as she sat in her daughter’s peaceful kitchen in the leafy Mount Airy neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. “I thought, ‘Why is the U.S. media trying to draw attention to this?’ ” She ignored [her daughter's] pleas to leave. Finally, she relented when her daughter suggested that Pyenska and her 83-year-old mother visit for just two weeks while the university was on break so they could spend time with Pyenska’s toddler grandchildren."

Written by Sydney Trent

As bombs fall, a Ukrainian professor teaches economics — and survival
Iryna Pyenska’s students at Kharkiv National University try to learn amid relentless Russian attack
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