Prokopenko Kohana
Prokopenko in 2019
Native name	プロコペンコ　恋花
Born	(1976-08-14)August 14, 1976 Limoges
Died	May 29, 2024(2024-05-29) (aged 47) Sapporo
Pen name	Marin Prokopenko
Occupation	journalist
Language	Japanese, French, English, Occitan, Romanian
Citizenship	Japan
Alma mater	University of Bucharest, Hokkaido University
Period	1991-2024
Genre	Non-fiction
Subject	Society, Wikipedia
Years active	1991–2024
Notable works	The tale of an editorian, Gaikoku Chishiki
Spouse	Julian Pfleger(1992–1999)
Children	Maria Pfleger

Prokopenko Kohana (Japanese: プロコペンコ恋花 [ぷろこぺんこ　こはな], Ukrainian: Прокопенко Кохана; b. Bucharest (1976-08-14)14 August 1976 — (2024-05-29)29 May 2024) was a French-born Japanese Wikipedia editor. Wrote 7 books during her lifetime, focusing on non-fiction. Came out as lesbian in 2005.

Born to Ukrainian Mother and a Japanese father in Limoges in 1976. Prokopenko claims her first langauge to be Occitan. "I was born in Limoges, it is a part of the Northern Occitania. Not to be nationalistic or anything, but my mother spoke Occitanian to me. My father spoke in Japanese, and I learnt French naturally in the kindergarden, also with being in the French environment..." At the age of 5 Prokopenko's family moved to Tokyo. There, she graduated high school with a gold medal, and at the age of 18 returned to France to study in University of Limoges. There, she studied Romanian and journalism. "At [University] there were three options: German, Spanish and Romanian. I chose Romanian because I thought it was just cool how close it is to the Latin." After graduating she came back to Japan to get her writing doctorate at Hokkaido University. By the age of 25 she was an established writer by publishing her first book The tale of an editorian.

While still being a Japanese citizen, between

Prokopenko died at the age of 47. A bus she was in was struck by a train on the Sapporo—Kita-Hiroshima railway crossing. A total of 7 people were in the bus, 3 got injured and one - Prokopenko herslelf - died. An investigation into the incident led to the fact that the railway company hasn't investigated the crossing for safety, as the bar gates weren't lowered and the sound didn't come when the train came, and the bus driver was charged at first but later released.

Her funeral services were attended by at least 500 visitors of his "fans, friends, and just followers of her" as noted by the Japan times. After Prokopenko's death her supposedly unfinished future book was compiled and published by her girlfriend in July 2024. Other unpublished material was published separately in a compilation, titled "Unfinished Tales of Kohana Prokopenko".

Kyiv Metro
A type 81-540.3К train at Dnipro station
Overview
Native name	Київський метрополітен Kyivs'kyi metropoliten
Owner	Kyiv City Council
Locale	Kyiv
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	3[1][2]
Number of stations	52 (2 under construction)
Daily ridership	1.32 million (2016)[2]
Annual ridership	484.56 million (2016)[2]
Chief executive	Viktor Brahinskyi
Website	Kyiv Metro (in Ukrainian)
Operation
Began operation	6 November 1960; 63 years ago (1960-11-06)
Operator(s)	Kyivs'kyi Metropoliten
Number of vehicles	824 cars[2] (in 130 trains)
Technical
System length	67.56 km (41.98 mi)[1][2]
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Electrification	Third rail, 825 V DC
Average speed	36.11 km/h (22.44 mph)[2]
System map Схема_Київського_метро.jpg Legend Varshavska Heroiv Dnipra Mostytska Minska Syrets Obolon Dorohozhychi Pochaina Novobilychi Akademmistechko Zhytomyrska Sviatoshyn Raiduzhna Nyvky Zatoka Desenka Beresteiska Trukhaniv Ostriv Shuliavska Sudnobudivna Politekhnichnyi Instytut Tarasa Shevchenka / Podilska Lukianivska / Hlybochytska Ploshcha Peremohy Kontraktova Ploshcha Vokzalna Poshtova Ploshcha Universytet Lvivska Brama Teatralna / Zoloti Vorota Khreshchatyk / Maidan Nezalezhnosti Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv / Palats Sportu Arsenalna Olimpiiska Dnipro Palats Ukraina Hidropark Lybidska Livoberezhna Demiivska Darnytsia Holosiivska Chernihivska Vasylkivska Lisova Vystavkovyi Tsentr Ipodrom Klovska Teremky Pecherska Odeska Zvirynetska Vydubychi Telychka Slavutych Osokorky Pozniaky Kharkivska Vyrlytsia Boryspilska Chervonyi Khutir Line 4 from Vokzalna to Raiduzhna is under construction, as well as an extension of Line 2. Telychka and Lvivska Brama on line 3 are "phantom" stations (see article). The proposed Livoberezhna Line is not shown. This diagram: view talk edit

The castle consists of an internal fortress built on top of the southern, high part of the rocky plateau in a square-like shape, with approximately rectangular towers distributed on its corners with two defensive levels, and in the middle, a heavenly courtyard with a ground level. The upper fort is surrounded by a first wall. The surface of the upper rocky plateau and the upper fort include five rectangular retaining towers. The inner fort is also surrounded by an outer wall surrounding the edges of the rocky plateau, and a number of rectangular towers at two levels high, equipped with small arrow targets. The main entrance to the castle is located in the southwestern corner of the outer castle. It is an Arab-Islamic architectural system consisting of two large halls with a long corridor between them. The entrance is characterized by turning at a right angle from the first main hall to the second hall, which in turn leads to a void, distributing paths into the castle through. There are two roads. The main road heads north to reach a corridor 65 meters long. Parts of this corridor were partially dug into the rock, and it was provided on the western side with a series of arrow targets and towers. At the end of the corridor there is a third large hall that closes the corridor and through it passes into the castle. The second corridor heads south, passing through a door cut into the rock that allows access to the upper part of the castle via a staircase prepared within the rocky mass. The outer wall of the castle was strengthened by building a number of rectangular and polygonal towers over several stages of time, and their stones varied between large and small stones. Parts of the walls of the old fort were also strengthened and covered with double walls in both the inner and outer castle to keep pace with the development of military architecture during the ages it passed through. . At the end of the twelfth century AD (the period of Sinan Rashid al-Din), the citadel witnessed a new rebuilding that included a number of polygonal towers equipped with five large arrow targets distributed on two defensive levels, especially on the western and northern sides of the citadel, reflecting the military and defensive importance of the citadel, and the faction was occupied and covered. There are a number of important halls between the walls of the inner castle and the outer castle.

At the beginning of the 13th century, a palace was built in the upper part of the inner castle. It is distinguished by its gate decorated with an inscription dating back to 1226. An advanced door, smaller in size than the first door, was also added to further fortify the main entrance to the citadel, and a fortified area was created in front of it, in which a bathroom was built. It dates back to the middle of the thirteenth century, and its use continued until the Tatar invasion in the year 1401. The Mamluks, during the reign of al-Zahir Baybars, carried out a major restoration operation after its liberation from Mongol control included the construction of a series of defensive terraces on the southern and eastern sides of the citadel. At the end of the eighteenth century AD, the castle became the headquarters of a ruling family of the Nizari Ismailis. The house of Prince Mustafa al-Mulhim was built on the eastern side of the outer castle in the year 1793. Public housing abounded in the castle, and the castle remained occupied with public housing until the arrival of the French Mandate, when a French garrison occupied the castle. For some time, the ring road that currently surrounds the castle was prepared.^[3]

in the family of choir conductors

In 2011, Khrystyna Solovii graduated from a music school in the piano class. After moving with her family to Lviv, she sang in the Lemky choir for three years. The age range of the participants was 50-80 years, while she was only 17 when she joined. Solovyi claims that her participation in the choir had a great impact on her as an individual.[5]. With her, the choir participated in the "Lemkivska Vatra" vestival, where, as Soloviy notes, "I realized that Lemkivshchyna remained in history. That there are people in whose consciousness and memory it exists. They protect its traditions"

Soloviy's parents never insisted that their children do only music.

In 2013, Solovyi starred in the Holos Krayiny (The Voice in Ukraine) at the blind audition, performing the Lemki song "Gore dolom hozhu". There she joined the team of Ukrainian producer Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, with whom she continued on the show singing moslty Ukrainian folk songs, reaching the semifinals of the contest. She stressed that she will never sing Russian pop music and will refuse to participate in the project if only Tina Karol or Oleksandr Ponomarev (who both sung Russian at the time) return to her.

My life changed completely in the sense that I felt that surely, after all, I should do music. When so many people believed in me after one broadcast, it seemed to me that it would be very foolish to refuse. Although I never imagined that I would give concerts, perform on stage with a microphone myself...

— Khrystyna Soloviy

Although Soloviy did not win Holos Krayiny, starting from there she begun her own music career with Svyatoslav Vakarchuk as her producer, immediately releasing several music videos with her own lyrics and music. She claims the Revolution of dignity in 2014 has inspired her to become a music artist.^[4]

On 22 September 2015 Soloviy released her first debut album Zhyva voda, which she announced at the Gogolfest festival. It consists of 12 songs, two of which were written by the Solovyi, and the remaining ten are Ukrainian folk sung by Soloviy and compositions adapted by Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. It revealed the nature of Lemko folk music, performed in an arrangement close to jazz. The album immidietally entered the TOP-12 best Ukrainian albums of 2015.

On 9 April 2015, Soloviy released her first music video for the song "Trymai".^[5] It got 1 million views on YouTube in the first few days. 22 October of the same year her second music video "Pod oblachkom" was released^[6], which reached 1 million views by March 2016. In Nocember radio "Aristocrats" designated Khrystyna Soloviy as the best "Startup of the Year" in the category "Culture and Music". In 2016 the "YUNA Music Award for Discovery of the Year", awarded Soloviy with the "Best video clip" nomination for the "Trymai" music video. Following the nomination Soloviy performed at the award ceremony.

Following the sucess of the first album, Soloviy released announce her second album Liubyi Druh on 2016, releasing it on 26 October 2018. It consisted of 12 songs: 11 were original songs inspired by Soloviy's own personal experiences and memories, and one "Ochenka moi chorni" was a folk composition. In the making of Liubyi Druhthe album Soloviy combined live music with electronics. Mylos Yelych, Pavlo Lytvynenko and Oleksiy Saranchyn worked on the sound production of the album.

In the same year, the lyrical composition "Stezhechka" became the official soundtrack for the Ukrainian historical action film Kruty 1918. Its music video, which was released on 22 January 2018, consists of footage from the film itself with the addition of some scenes shot separately with Soloviy herself. The director of the film Oleksiy Shaparev also directed the music video. "This [musical] composition was written about five years ago, and its lyrics is even from the last century" - said Khrystyna. Regarding the decision to include Soloviy's music in the film, the producer Andrii Korniienko stated that "in such a male story" they needed a female voice that would "strengthen the drama". Allegedly the first person that came to their mind was Khrystyna Solovyi, "the soul of the modern Ukrainian song".

In 2019, Soloviy was nominated as the "Best Performer" at the "YUNA" music award for the second time.

After a break from the spotlight, Khrystyna Soloviy released the single "Yunist" which was later included in the third part of the album Rosa Ventorum. Serhiy Zhadan played one of the main roles in the music video for the song.^[7]

My song is about the fact that Ukrainian culture is super sexy, and you want it not because you have been taught patriotism or something, but because it is strong and seductive.

— Khrystyna Soloviy

On 28 May 2021 Khrystyna Soloviy released the first part of her third studio album Rosa Ventorum I. According to her, the name of the album was chosen by chance during the photo shoot. It means "wind rose" in Latin.^[8] Soloviy planned Rosa Ventorum to include four EP-parts, which is a reference to the four corners of the world, the "wind rose" being a reference to it.^[9] It includes a total of 8 tracks, of which are 4 songs "Vtikala", "Krashche movchy", "Huby v vyni", "Koala" and the other 4 are their respective instrumental versions.^[10]

The album Rosa Ventorum I was followed by an extended play Rosa Ventorum II, released in 12 November 2021. It includes 4 tracks: "Osin", "Divchynka 'Metelyky v holovi'", a cover of "Les Goémons" and "Do krayu".^[11]

On 15 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine Soloviy sung a cover of an Italian anti-fascist folk song Bella Ciao. It was translated into Ukrainian and rephrased into being against the Russian invasion and occupation of Ukraine.^[12]

In March of 2023 Soloviy wrote three songs for a 3d-animated Ukrainian fantasy film Mavka: The Forest Song. "When I received an invitation from the producers to write the soundtrack for the movie "Mavka: The Forest song", I immediately became very happy and it was very important for me to become a co-creator in this [movie]. Lesya Ukrainka's "The Forest Song" is one of my favourite books since childhood [...] in general, the image of Mavka is my favorite in the Ukrainian mythology" - Soloviy remarked.^[13]

In 15 December 2023 Soloviy released Rizdvanyii sny, which includes "Narodyvsia Bogh na saniakh", "V zelenim lisku", "Malanka" and "Tsy doma doma bilyi movodche".^[14] In 2024 Soloviy released two singles "Kamerton",^[15] "Kucheryky" and the third part Rosa Venturum III.

Khrystyna Soloviy has always been inspired and fascinated by the animal activitism of Brigitte Bardot.^[16][17] In 2018, Soloviy supported the humanitarian initiative "UAnimals" and appeared on the red carpet of the national film award "Zolota Dzyga" in a "Circus without animals" t-shirt. After that she called for a ban on animals in circuses on her official Facebook page.^[18]

In 2018, Soloviy joined the campaign in support of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who was illegally convicted in Russia.^[16]

With the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Soloviy began performing on many concerts abroad, where as of 27 August 2022 she raised €106,000 for the army, according to Forbes Ukraine.^[19]

Soloviy was in Lviv during the 6 July 2023 Russian missile attack. After the attack, she wrote: “The entire yard is strewn with shards of glass from the windows. Yet the children are already playing on the playground. And I am also coming to my senses little by little. But it was very scary at night.” She also urged everyone not to stop donating to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.^[20]

On 11 January 2024 her song "Trymai" with translated and slightly changed lyrics appeared in the Tatyana Navka's Russian ice skating performance without permission. Soloviy called it cultural heritage appropriation and seeks to find people responsible for using her song.^[21]

During 2022-2023, she had an affair with Serhiy Zhadan, which at first Soloviy wanted everyone to view as "creative cooperation". According to her, they first met when he invited her to an interview for Radio NV in November 2021. "But in the end I fell in love [with another man] and everything happened as it happened," Soloviy shared.^[22]

From the very beginning of the career, Soloviy was always very outspoken on which groups and artists influenced her creative development. In particular, she claims her music influencers to be Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg, Zemfira, Kvitka Tsysyk, Okean Elzy, Nina Matvienko, Ruslana, Queen, the Veryovka choir, VV and BoomBox. Soloviy's favourite screenwriter is Lars von Trier.

Ukrainian music critics consider Khrystyna Soloviy's music to be Ukrainian folk, folk-rock, pop, indie-pop, dream-pop, pop-rock singer and songwriter, as well as the "pop-folk of the new generation". "it seems to me that this is a frank alternative to traditional pop music in Ukraine. It moved away from the leading role of the acoustic guitar, more electronics appeared in the songs." - thinks Soloviy.^[17]

The first article on Ukrainian wikipedia was written on 26 січня 2004^[23]. First article on ukrainian wikipedia is «Атом», created on 30 January 2004 by the IP 61.125.212.32 (later registered as Yuri koval) from Fuji city, Japan.

• 26 лютого 2004 — перша реклама на українському форумі Альянсу «Майдан».
• 4 квітня 2004 the Ukrainian wikipedia was oficcially opened. The article count was 1000.
• 16 листопада 2004 на Головній сторінці поставлено першу вибрану статтю and блок новин were created.
• 10 жовтня 2007 a millionth edit was made. мільйонне редагування Archived 2020-11-26 at the Wayback Machine.
• 17 лютого 2008 a 10 000th user registered: Purbo T.
• 28 березня 2008 a 100 000-ну статтю was written.
• 7 квітня 2010 a 200 000-ну статтю was written.
• 12 лютого 2011 року за кількістю статей українська Вікіпедія наздогнала фінську.
• 7 липня 2011 було написано 300 000-ну статтю.
• 31 серпня 2011 українська Вікіпедія за кількістю статей перевершила норвезьку, посівши 14 місце серед всіх розділів Вікіпедії.
• 26 жовтня 2011 загальна кількість сторінок в українській Вікіпедії перевищила 1 мільйон.
• 19 грудня 2011 число активних користувачів уперше перетнуло позначку 2000.
• 21 лютого 2012 українська Вікіпедія за кількістю статей перевершила каталонську, посівши 13 місце серед усіх розділів Вікіпедії.
• 14 березня 2012 року українська Вікіпедія за кількістю статей поступилася в'єтнамській та опустилася на 14-те місце у світі.
• 22 липня 2012 кількість редагувань досягла 10 000 000^[24].
• 20 вересня 2012 було написано 400 000-ну статтю.
• 9—10 липня 2013 року завдяки ботозаливці себуанська та варайська Вікіпедії обійшли україномовний проєкт. Українська Вікіпедія опустилася на 16 місце за кількістю статей серед усіх мовних розділів.
• 27 квітня 2014 року було проведено вікіфлешмоб, завдяки цьому 27 квітня було створено аж 940 статей — а це значить, що цього дня українці створили статей більше, ніж в англійській вікіпедії. Вплив цього заходу був такий сильний, що українська Вікі ввійшла до десятки вікіпедій, що найшвидше розвиваються^[25].
• 12 травня 2014 року була написана 500 000-на стаття.
• 13 вересня 2014 року кількість редагувань досягла 15 000 000.
• 13 листопада 2015 було написано 600 000-ну статтю.
• 4 червня 2017 було написано 700 000-ну статтю.
• 28 листопада 2017 було написано 750 000-ну статтю^[26][27].
• У ніч із 10 на 11 липня 2018 було написано 800 000-ну статтю.
• 1 листопада 2018 було написано 850 000-ну статтю.
• 19 квітня 2019 було написано 900 000-ну статтю, в той день було написано 149 статей.
• Наприкінці серпня 2019 року українська Вікіпедія за кількістю статей поступилася арабській та опустилася на 17-те місце у світі.
• 10 листопада 2019 було написано 950 000-ну статтю.
• 23 березня 2020 року^[28] була написана 1 000 000-на стаття української Вікіпедії.
• 9 серпня 2020 року українська Вікіпедія за кількістю статей поступилася єгипетській арабській та опустилася на 18-те місце у світі.
• 15 вересня 2020 українська Вікіпедія за кількістю статей перевершила португальську, посівши 17-те місце серед усіх розділів Вікіпедії.
• 20 жовтня 2020 з'явилась 1 050 000-на стаття.
• 5 липня 2021 з'явилась 1 100 000-на стаття.
• 20 квітня 2022 з'явилась 1 150 000-на стаття.
• 21 липня 2022 українська Вікіпедія за кількістю статей перевершила арабську, посівши 16-те місце серед усіх розділів Вікіпедії.
• 10 жовтня 2022 з'явилась 1 200 000-на стаття.
• 20 березня 2023 з'явилась 1 250 000-на стаття.
• 1 червня 2023 українська Вікіпедія за кількістю статей перевершила варайську, посівши 15-те місце серед усіх розділів Вікіпедії.
• 20 вересня 2023 українська Вікіпедія за кількістю статей перевершила в'єтнамську, посівши 14-те місце серед усіх розділів Вікіпедії.
• 9 грудня 2023 з'явилась 1 300 000-на стаття^[29].
• 30 січня 2024 року українська Вікіпедія відсвяткувала 20-річчя.