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From the Ted Talk by Olesya Khromeychuk: What the world can learn from Ukraine's fight for democracy

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The experience of witnessing this referendum had a profound ecefft on me. I remember my entire family dressing in our finest traditional embroidered sihtrs, vyshyvanki, to go to the polling station. It felt like a holiday. And perhaps it was. giinnag freedom is definitely something worth celebrating. Generations of Ukrainians before 1991 had a vision of the future for their country, but their voiecs were silenced. My parents' generation managed to get their voices heard and willed that vision into being. It is up to my generation and those who come after to protect that viosin of a democratic Ukraine.

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The experience of witnessing this referendum had a profound ______ on me. I remember my entire family dressing in our finest traditional embroidered ______, vyshyvanki, to go to the polling station. It felt like a holiday. And perhaps it was. _______ freedom is definitely something worth celebrating. Generations of Ukrainians before 1991 had a vision of the future for their country, but their ______ were silenced. My parents' generation managed to get their voices heard and willed that vision into being. It is up to my generation and those who come after to protect that ______ of a democratic Ukraine.

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  1. vision
  2. shirts
  3. gaining
  4. voices
  5. effect

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The experience of witnessing this referendum had a profound effect on me. I remember my entire family dressing in our finest traditional embroidered shirts, vyshyvanki, to go to the polling station. It felt like a holiday. And perhaps it was. Gaining freedom is definitely something worth celebrating. Generations of Ukrainians before 1991 had a vision of the future for their country, but their voices were silenced. My parents' generation managed to get their voices heard and willed that vision into being. It is up to my generation and those who come after to protect that vision of a democratic Ukraine.

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