Kharkiv National University Research Articles

The dynamics of indicators of power abilities development in 16-17-year-old boys

The purpose of the research: to reveal changes in indicators of power abilities development in 16-17-year-old boys. Material and methods of the research. The research was carried out based on “Housing and Municipal Professional College of O.M. Beketov Kharkiv National University of Urban Economy”. There were examined 26 students of the 1st and 2nd courses. The level of strength development was determined by three indicators: strength of the shoulder girdle muscles, strength of the abdominal muscles and strength of the hip flexors. The level of development of muscle strength of a shoulder girdle was investigated by means of the motor test “Flexion and extension of arms in a lying down support” (number of times); the level of development of strength of abdominal muscles was investigated by means of the test “Lifting a trunk sitting from a starting position lying on a back for 30 s” (number of times); strength of muscles-flexors of a hip joint and muscles of an abdominal press by means of the test “Holding of legs in a lying position” (s). Results of the research. The initial level of strength development was determined, changes of the obtained indicators were traced, and the analysis in the age aspect was carried out. Conclusions. Boys’ strength development was found to be below average at the beginning of the year. It was determined that the indicators of 17-year-old boys are significantly higher than those of 16-year-old boys. At the end of the year, the level of 16-year-old boys increased from below average to average, while 17-year-old boys showed no significant changes. By age, the trend of differences didn’t change significantly, with a more significant increase in results among boys aged 17.

Social intelligence of cadets of the security and defence sector higher education institutions who receive higher education in the specialities of “Law” and “Psychology”

The article emphasises that for the actors of the security and defence sector, solving various communication situations is a constant and important task which can become difficult to perform if the social intelligence abilities are not sufficiently developed. A comparative analysis of the peculiarities of social intelligence abilities of higher education students of higher education institutions of the security and defence sector, who study in the specialities of “Law” and “Psychology”, was carried out. It is emphasized that the specificity of the social situation of the study participants' intellectual abilities development is due to certain features: lockdowns and quarantines of 2020–2021 with the vast majority of distance education, which were caused by the spread of the COVID-19 virus infection; martial law, which has been in force since February 2022. The senior students of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs and the Military Law Institute of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University took part in the study. The empirical data were obtained using J. Guilford’s psychodiagnostic methodology for studying social intelligence. It has been found that the general level of social intelligence of most of the surveyed cadets corresponded to the average level. It has been shown that the general level of social intelligence of the cadets studying “Psychology” was higher than that of the cadets studying “Law”. It has been revealed that the differences in the level of social intelligence of the surveyed groups of cadets were due to a statistically significantly higher level of development of the ability to predict the consequences of the behaviour of others in typical conditions among cadets studying “Psychology” and a more developed ability to understand the logic of interaction situations and the significance of people's behaviour in these situations. It has been established that the most developed ability of social intelligence of the study participants studying in the speciality “Law” was the ability to understand the change in the meaning of similar verbal reactions of a person depending on the context of the situation that caused them. It has been argued that the specific social conditions of personality formation of higher education students in recent years have not significantly affected the level of development of their social intelligence abilities. The main directions of development of social intelligence abilities of cadets studying in different specialities are presented.

KINEMATIC PARAMETERS, PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SELECTED METEOR BODIES

Background. Meteoroids can reach the Earth and penetrate its atmosphere creating meteor phenomena. Kinematic parameters, physical characteristics, and chemical compositions of the observed meteor bodies provide information about the properties of their parent bodies — comets and asteroids. On the other hand, these parameters can reflect the physical conditions of meteor- oids staying in different parts of the Solar System and beyond. Methods. The meteor data analyzed in this work were obtained from observations using the automatical video and spectral meteor patrol (AVSMP) of the Institute of Astronomy of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. The methods of meteor astronomy and spectroscopy make it possible to determine the kinematic parameters, physical properties, and chemical com- position of the meteoroids that we studied. Results. The paper presents the research results of meteors brighter than 0m that were recorded by the multi-stations method. These meteors also have spectral observations. For the selected 12 meteors, we obtained the coordinates of meteor radiants on the celestial sphere, the parameters of the atmospheric trajectories of meteor bodies, and the heliocentric orbital parameters of the observed meteoroids for the epoch (J2000). The extra-atmospheric masses of meteoroids were determined from photometric data. The identified emission lines detected in meteor spectra were analyzed. The software developed by the authors of this paper for me- teor spectra processing was used. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the chemical composition of meteor bodies were carried out. During the quantitative analysis, the values of the relative intensities of the Fe I-15, Mg I-2, and Na I-1 lines were determined. Conclusions. Kinematic parameters and elements of heliocentric orbits presented in this work indicate that the observed me- teor bodies belong to meteor showers and their comets, such as Perseids, Leonids, and Southern Taurids. Some meteor bodies are sporadic. The calculated masses of meteoroids have some scatter of values, but they are generally consistent with observa- tions of other authors in the range of absolute values of the meteor brightness -2m…+1.5m. It was found that some of the studied meteor bodies are Fe-poor or Na-poor in their chemical composition.

Видатні випускники Харківського університету. До 100-річчя з дня народження професора Володимира Вікторовича Бобіна

The School of Medicine of Kharkiv University is famous for its students. This faculty was home to outstanding pioneering scientists in many areas of medicine, who were also educators and humanists. The names of professors V.F. Grube, L.L. Hirschman, V.Y. Danilevsky, V.P. Vorobyov, and many others are widely known in the history of medicine and brought well-deserved fame to Kharkiv. This essay is dedicated to the Bobin doctors, who have been serving people and the cause of public health with their knowledge and medical work for over 160 years. Volodymyr Pavlovych Bobin (1858–1925) graduated from the Medical Faculty of Kharkiv University in 1881. In 1884, after working for the first years after graduation at the Department of General Pathology of Kharkiv University, he was elected as a medical administrator of the free hospital of the D.O. Donets-Zakharzhevsky Kharkiv Medical Society. In November 1884, Volodymyr Pavlovych was elected correcting physician-manager of the KMT hospital. Viktor Bobin was born in Kharkiv on March 28, 1890. His choice of profession was made consciously, and after graduating from high school, Viktor entered the medical faculty of Kharkiv University. From the very fist brilliant lectures of Professor V.P. Vorobyov, Bobin decided to study anatomy. For many years, Viktor Bobin headed the Crimean Society of Anatomists, Histologists and Embryologists and was a member of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Republican Society of AGE. The Bobin medical dynasty continues. The third representative of the Bobin’s dynasty is Volodymyr Viktorovych Bobin (1924–2016), son of Viktor Volodymyrovych. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Professor, Doctor of Medicine, Academician of the International Academy of Integrative Anthropology, Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences for National Progress, Head of the Department of Normal Anatomy at Kharkiv National Medical University (KhMU) in 1971–1992. A worthy representative of the Bobin’s medical dynasty, he taught many students of anatomy, wrote numerous textbooks for students, thoroughly researched the macromicroscopic anatomy of the nervous system, and made a significant contribution to science. Key words: Bobin, professor, doctor, Kharkiv University, Society of Anatomists.

Culture and Food Habits of Kharkiv Schoolchildren in the Context of a Full- Scale War (Based on the Online Survey Results)

The article analyses the results of a sociological study of Kharkiv schoolchildren's food habits, conducted by the staff of the School of Sociology of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University as part of the FUSILLI project in March-April 2024. The study involved more than 300 high school students studying offline in Kharkiv metro school. The article describes the research methodology and presents the regulatory documents of state and local authorities on schoolchildren's nutrition. Particular attention is paid to how their food practices are reproduced and changed in the context of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. The article provides data on the attitudes of Kharkiv schoolchildren towards their own health, healthy eating (including awareness of it), the influence of family and school on this; consumption of junk food and alcohol by high school students; attitudes towards collective food practices with friends, classmates, etc.; their skills and abilities to prepare food, to observe hygiene rules when eating it; and the perception of changes in nutrition (diet, regularity, cost, etc.) during a full-scale war at home and at school. The article analyses the life, including educational, plans of schoolchildren for the near future. Prospects for further research on the selected issues are determined.

Analytical and quantitative assessment of the structural components of the adrenal glands of rats under the conditions of exposure to the venom of vipers Vipera berus berus and Vipera berus nikolskii

Snakebite envenoming is a common but neglected public health problem worldwide, especially in tropical countries. Annual mortality as a result of snakebites exceeds 138,000. It is believed that this problem is underestimated, and in many countries, individual cases of bites are not subject to proper fixation. The purpose of the study is the analytical and quantitative assessment of the structural components of the rats' adrenal glands under exposure to the venom of Vipers Vipera berus berus and Vipera berus nikolskii. Experimental studies were carried out on white, non-linear male rats. Vipera berus berus and Vipera berus nikolskii viper venom were obtained from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. The freeze-dried native venom was stored at -20 °C and dissolved in saline immediately before the experiment. The animals were divided into three groups (control and 2 experimental groups) of 10 individuals each. Experimental rats were injected intraperitoneally in a physiological solution with a semi-lethal dose (LD50) (1.576 mg/g-1) of Vipera berus berus and Vipera berus nikolskii venoms. Animals of the control group were injected intraperitoneally with only a physiological solution. Rats were removed from the experiment 24 hours after exposure to the poison and anesthetised by cervical dislocation. Statistical analysis of the area of the microcirculatory channel and the nuclear-cytoplasmic index was performed using Fiji: ImageJ program and processed in Excel. Administration of the venom of the vipers Vipera berus berus and Vipera berus nikolskii to rats was accompanied by a significant increase in the area of the microcirculatory bed relative to the control group (2.9 times for Vipera berus berus and 6.5 times for Vipera berus nikolskii). Exposure to Vipera berus berus viper venom was associated with a significant decrease in the nuclear-cytoplasmic index in rats of the experimental group compared to the control group (13 % and 42 %, respectively), which is evidence of a decrease in the area of the nuclei of endocrinocytes of the adrenal cortex. This indicator in rats under the administration of Vipera berus nikolskii venom was even lower and amounted to 12 %. According to the statistical analysis of the quantitative assessment of the state of the cortical substance of the adrenal glands, it is worth noting the similar effect of the poisons of both types of snakes at the cellular level. At the same time, at the tissue level, the effect of Vipera berus nikolskii venom is more pronounced than that of Vipera berus berus - this is evidenced by the higher degree of disruption of the structure of the hemomicrocirculatory channel in the adrenal cortex of animals from the group that was affected by this venom. It led to an increase in the area of vessels due to their expansion and ruptures of their walls and haemorrhages into the surrounding parenchyma and stroma.

The Latest Researches of Kharkov University on the Evolution of Population Behavior Scenarios

The results of research on the evolution of population behavior scenarios at the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Kharkov University are considered. The competition between different behavioral scenarios and population agents during the strategies evolution with memory is discussed. The strategies interact with each other in an iterative prisoner's dilemma, earning bonus points according to a payoff matrix. Research focuses on three collective characteristics, such as memory, level of aggressiveness (proportion of non-cooperation), and complexity of strategy (variety of behaviors). Different evolutionary scenarios arise when using different selection rules for strategies intended for removal in subsequent stages of evolution. PACS: 02.50.Le, 05.10.−a, 87.23.Kg, 89.75.Fb.

Communication skills formation in cadets of investigative specialization in the process of their professional training

Communication plays an important role in the work of investigators and determines their performance throughout their professional career. Investigators’ communication skills ensure the establishment and development of business contacts with various categories of participants in professional relationships, and allow them to formulate profitable interaction strategies. Therefore, in the professional training of cadets i.e., future investigators, developing their communication skills is an important applied task. The research aims to investigate the communication skills of cadets of investigative specialization (future investigators) in the process of their professional training. The research was conducted using psychodiagnostic tools among cadets of the investigative specialization of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs (n = 597). It has been established that most of the subjects of interest have stable manifestations of the ability to form the skill to apply justified models of behavior during communication; they reveal a gradual development of the ability to navigate in situations of professional interaction and adapt to new living conditions. Two main variants of manifestation of the communication abilities of cadets i.e., future investigators with participants of interpersonal interaction have been identified: 1) with a predominant tendency to independence, leadership, and dominance; 2) with responsibility, focus on cooperation, and coherence with others. The results of the research confirm the influence of professional training on the process of communication skills formation in cadets i.e., future investigators.

Teaching Philosophy at Kharkiv University in the 19th — Early 20th Century (according to students’ recollections)

The article highlights the peculiarities of teaching philosophy at Kharkiv University in the 19th and early 20th according to students’ recollections. Gaining this historical experience will contribute to solving the urgent problems of optimising humanities courses in higher education today. It is found out that Kharkiv University became the centre of development of philosophical science in Ukraine. Through the efforts of public figures, it was possible to invite Johann Schad, a graduate of the German school, to become a professor of the newly created Department of Speculative and Practical Philosophy. His efforts to develop the department and the progressive views of the academic staff alarmed the authorities resulting in the formation of a faculty subservient to the regime, decrease in the level of teaching of philosophical disciplines, and subsequently, the dissolution of the Department of Philosophy. The main emphasis in the professional training of students is placed on historical disciplines, primarily the study of Russian history. It was only in the 1870s that Kharkiv University was able to provide its students with a proper philosophical education. The analysis of students’ recollections of the institution shows the popularity of philosophy courses and the respect of students for the teaching staff. At the beginning of the twentieth century, with the permission of the government, student clubs were established. Unfortunately, the level of popularity of philosophical circles was low due to the chauvinistic views of their leaders. Nevertheless, it was found that thanks to the efforts of the academic staff of Kharkiv University, Ukrainian philosophical thought is being formed and popularised abroad.

Lost icons from the iconostas of the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Yelets Monastery (photo by Stephan Taranushenko)

The article publishes for the first time archival photos of the icons of the lost iconostasis of the 1670s of the Dormition Cathedral of the Yelets Monastery in Chernihiv, as well as a description of this iconostasis and related historical research, which was carried out in 1916 by the outstanding art critic Stephan Taranushenko, at that time a student of Kharkiv university. The exceptional value of the published materials is because S. Taranushenko was the last researcher who examined and described the monument in detail before its destruction in the 1920s. Currently, it is believed that all parts of the iconostasis and its icons have been destroyed, so the only source of information about their appearance is the photographs made by S. Taranushenko. In addition, the published materials contain information about the history of renovations and descriptions of the iconostasis of the 18th-19th century, which S. Taranushenko discovered in 1916 while working with archival documents stored in the Yelets Monastery. Since the fate of the monastery archives is unknown, the text of S. Taranushenko can be considered the only preserved source on the history of the iconostasis until the beginning of the 20th century.

Language Consciousness and Ukrainian Students’ Attitudes Towards the Ukrainian Language in a Time of War

By applying the survey method, the article presents and summarizes the theoretical questions of language policy, the language consciousness of students and their attitudes towards the Ukrainian language both before and after the start of the current Russo–Ukrainian war. Students from four universities took part in the survey: Kyiv National Linguistic University, Ivan Franko National University of L'viv, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, and Yuriy Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi.

Лев Корабельников — зоолог, китобій і музеолог

An essay about one of the famous whale researchers of Ukraine, who went through a difficult path to became a whale specialist from the first day of his professional work. The researcher participated in eight voyages as a member of the research team of the Antarctic whaling flotilla ‘Slava’ (later ‘Soviet Ukraine’), studied the diet of whales and patterns of their distribution in the Antarctic (1956–1959, 1965–1970). He is the author of about 15 publications about Antarctic whales and birds. Later, he became a scientist at the Research Institute of Biology at Kharkiv University (1970–1975), and then became the director of the Museum of Nature of this university (1975–1989). He collected and mounted many specimens of marine mammals and birds.

Михайло Дияконів — зоолог, колектор і дослідник ссавців Харківщини

A brief essay about the researcher Mykhailo Dyiakoniv, who graduated from Kharkiv University in 1916 and developed research activity in the Kharkiv region. The most likely centre of his natural history activity was the team of Vsevolod Averin and the group of hunters and game experts that united around him. The collection of NMNH (Kyiv) preserves only six specimens collected by M. Dyiakoniv in the Kharkiv region, which were brought to Kyiv in the 1930s (obviously, the collection was much larger, but was lost). No publications by this researcher were found.

Юрій Ільюхін — дослідник фауни та музеолог Музею природи Харківського університету

An essay about a fellow museologist, a graduate of Kharkiv University and a senior researcher at the university’s Museum of Nature (MNKU). The researcher worked exclusively and consistently with the mammalian collections of MNKU, inventorying and describing the collections from year to year, analysing their volumes, collectors and unique specimens. He prepared articles on the collections of such groups as Desmana, Chiroptera, Ursidae, Canidae, Dipodoidea, Gliridae, Spalax, and Ungulata, published in professional journals. The researcher took an active part in a number of museological conferences (2007–2019).

Микола Дюков — дослідник фауни та колектор звірів з Харківщини і Дагестану

An essay about a researcher who focused on the game fauna and the collection of zoological materials now partially preserved in Kyiv (NMNH, mammals) and Kharkiv (Museum of Nature of Kharkiv University, birds). During the Kharkiv period (1921–1923+), the researcher was affiliated with the VUSMR and (probably) with the Kharkiv Agricultural Institute, and in Dagestan (1924–1931) with the Plant Protection Department of the Dagestan NKZ. The biographical information is extremely incomplete; the researcher lived for about 40 years (1896–1936+) and was repressed in 1931, serving five years in concentration camps (probably in Kazakhstan). He was rehabilitated in 1989.

Rare, protected, and understudied vascular plant species of the pinewood complex of the Mozh River valley (Kharkiv Region, Ukraine)

The composition of the biota is dynamic and changes for many reasons, making biodiversity research relevant. Studies of rare species that are most vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures are of particular importance. Although the Mozh River flows through the central part of the Kharkiv Region, its valley remains understudied, especially the pine forests and their rare plants. The results of the current study include data from our field research, revision of the Herbarium of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (CWU), and literature sources from the second half of the 20th century to the present. This paper contains an annotated list of 35 species of vascular plants. Each species is provided with the data on its geographical range, distribution in Ukraine, population status and its study history in the Kharkiv Region, conservation status, and the state of its population in the studied forests. We found the localities of two species included in Appendix I of the Bern Convention (Salvinia natans (L.) All. and Jurinea cyanoides (L.) Rchb. and six species included in the Red Data Book of Ukraine (Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw., Pulsatilla pratensis (L.) Mill., Iris pineticola Klok., Neottia nidus-avis (L.) Rich., Neottia ovata (L.) Hartm., Tulipa quercetorum Klok. & Zoz). We also found 19 species rare in the Kharkiv Region (Lycopodium clavatum L., Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth, Ophioglossum vulgatum L., Campanula persicifolia L., Chimaphila umbellata (L.) W.P.C. Barton, Comarum palustre L., Hottonia palustris L., Rubus saxatilis L., Carex pseudocyperus L., etc.). Nine regionally rare plant species have the boreal range type; they occur at the southern limit of their distribution range which indicates the specificity of ecological and climatic conditions formed in the pine forests in the Mozh River valley. In addition, we found five species without conservation status, but they are rare in the region (Caltha palustris L., Catolobus pendulus (L.) Al-Shehbaz, Gratiola officinalis L., Lythrum hyssopifolia L., Rubus polonicus Barr. ex Weston), and, therefore, they are recommended to be included in the next edition of the Official List of the Regionally Rare Plants of the Kharkiv Region. Three species (Buglossoides czernjajevii (Klokov & Des.-Shost.) Czerep., Jacobaea andrzejowskyi (Tzvelev) B.Nord. & Greuter, Sedum album L.) were identified as understudied in the Kharkiv region due to the lack of or insufficient information on their distribution in the study area.

CREATIVE TASK AS A FORM OF FINAL CONTROL FOR FUTURE JOURNALISTS: THE VIEWPOINT OF STUDENTS

The article is devoted to the issue of final control for core disciplines in the specialty 061 «Journalism». The survey of more than 100 students of the Department of Journalism in V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University was held. It is presenting the students’ vision of a creative task as a form of verification test or exam. The questions were about the distribu- tion of points for certain types of tasks, features of creative tasks’ preparation, problems of creative tasks’ production in the distance learning setting etc. The survey provided different forms of answers: both option selection and extended comments. Questionnaires were filled out by students of the Bachelor and Master levels, full-time and correspondence courses and by graduates of the Department of Journalism.It was found that the majority of students see the creative task as a mandatory component of the verification test or exam. At the same time, the ideal form of final control is considered to be combined (a presentation of a creative task and a theory test). It was established that journalism students prefer individual production of creative works, although they assume team formats.The main challenges for future journalists in the distance learning setting within the context of creative tasks’ production are highlighted. It was found that after the beginning of the full-scale phase of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the number of difficulties increased and they became more frequently related to the inner state of students. A search for motivation or inspiration, work under stress, finding topics for materials are most often mentioned problems by respondents. The problems of education organizing by universities have faded into the background compared to the quarantine restrictions’ period caused by the coronavirus pandemic.It was concluded that despite the existing difficulties of the distance learning, students still consider a creative task as a form of final control for core disciplines in the both prepared in advance and done during the exam ways.

PROBLEMS OF REGULATING ECO-POSITIVE CHANGES IN SMART CITY FORMATION PROCESSES

Architects, scientists of the Kharkiv National University of Urban Economy. O.M. Beketov conducts research focused on writing the terms of reference for the "Software package for modeling the city as a dynamic system". This development is devoted to the problem of improving SMART-oriented software and analytical tools based on working with large data arrays (BIG DATA) in architectural and urban planning management. The purpose of this toolkit is prognostics and monitoring of the architectural component of the city as a dynamic system. The relevance of its implementation lies in the optimization of the principles of functioning of the architectural component of the city with the calculation of its impact on the processes of functioning of other urban subsystems.
 As a development and improvement of this direction, a method for determining the optimal speed and acceleration of positive transformations of the architectural component of cities, based on the indicator "Ecological footprint of architecture", which is currently being developed, is proposed. It is a method of developing step-by-step strategies for the development of the architectural component of cities. The main problem is to determine the optimal pace of social, environmental and economic changes in the processes of achieving a sustainable state of the city. Too rapid changes will inevitably lead to an aggravation of the socio-economic crisis. Slow change has a negative impact on the sustainability and ecology of the region. For this reason, in this article, the authors have developed a concept for the formation of an indicator that determines the vector, speed and acceleration of modernization of the architectural component of the city. As a factor limiting the rate of change to a socially acceptable level, the indicator of "Sustainable accessibility of vital goods for the population" was chosen.

Culture of «green» festivals in urbanized space: the case of «Kharkiv Green Urban Fest 2023»

The article is devoted to highlighting the culture of festivals on the example of the urbanized space of the city of Kharkiv through the prism of the ecological festival «Kharkiv Green Urban Fest 2023», which was held by the School of Sociology at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University on June 17, 2023, based on the cultural space «YermilovCenter». The festival was held as part of the implementation of the international research project FUSILLI (Fostering the Urban Food System Transformation through Innovative Living Labs Implementation) at the School of Sociology of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the grant agreement №101000717. The main objective of the festival was to showcase local initiatives that focus on responsible consumption, farming, recycling, social entrepreneurship, healthy eating, and sustainable development. In this article, based on small semi-structured interviews with event participants, we propose a conceptualization of festival culture and identify its inherent features, at the normative-value and structural-functional levels. Using some methodological approaches, we propose to consider the culture of festivals as an example of spontaneous social (inter)action, during which subjects are involved in the construction of a new social reality, which can, although not necessarily, be exported to their own environment. This example of social (inter)action helps to disseminate certain values and beliefs that can be shaped by interactional actions. In addition, we demonstrate the importance and necessity of such events to promote the values of responsible consumption and the development of the city’s food system.

«Green» practices of Kharkiv residents during the war: results of Kharkiv Green Urban Tour 2023

The article is devoted to revealing the «green» practices of Kharkiv residents during the war, namely the continuation of growing home-grown vegetables and fruits and their distribution in the context of urban farming. After all, on February 24, 2022, when Russia`s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine began, urbanized Kharkiv was on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe: logistics routes for the delivery of food and goods were damaged, infrastructure and residential areas were constantly shelled, and a huge number of people were forced to leave the city and move to safer regions of Ukraine. These factors demonstrated new challenges, new threats, and new trends that the city's remaining residents had to face and adapt to. In this article, we will focus on the results of the Kharkiv Green Urban Tour 2023, which was held in April-May 2023 and aimed to communicate with residents of different districts of Kharkiv about urban farming, gardening, and green practices. This initiative was carried out as part of the international research project FUSILLI (Fostering the Urban Food System Transformation through Innovative Living Labs Implementation) at the School of Sociology of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, funded by the European Union`s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the grant agreement No.101000717. The results of this study will provide us with a clearer understanding of how and in what ways residents of an urbanized city engage in improvised farming, gardening, growing vegetables, adapting to the military situation, and reproducing “green” practices while helping others.