{"id":14400,"date":"2025-11-11T12:53:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1991fund.in.ua\/turyst\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:51:49","slug":"turyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1991fund.in.ua\/en\/turyst\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalii \u00abTourist\u00bb Karvatskyi: \u00abI\u2019m 300 \u2014 we\u2019ll see each other soon. I love you\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14400\" class=\"elementor elementor-14400 elementor-14097\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b685c27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b685c27\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eec8ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eec8ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 17-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I first met him while moving into the dormitory. We were all sitting in the dorm library, waiting for the document submission to begin. Vitalik (I didn\u2019t know him yet at the time) and another guy were having a very lively discussion about some historical topic \u2014 I don\u2019t remember which one anymore \u2014 but I remember thinking he must be a graduate student, just like the other guy, because he was so smart and knew how to clearly express his point of view. After some time, we met again in the classroom where first-year classes were held.<\/p>\n<p>Our first class on the very first day was physical education on Cheremshyny Street, quite far from the main LNU building, and we, as freshmen, had to figure out how to get there. Vitalik immediately showed leadership and led the way, even though he didn\u2019t know the streets that well himself at the time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7e4017 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f7e4017\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8aecfc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8aecfc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40506a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e40506a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 17-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You shouldn\u2019t be a tourist, <br>but a traveler<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a094c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89a094c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d03289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d03289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vitalik traveled a lot by hitchhiking. His first major trip was to Iceland in April 2019. On the way there and back, he passed through six other countries. After that came a long journey through the Balkans and Turkey, as well as hundreds of smaller and bigger trips both abroad and across Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Until the very last moment, he wouldn\u2019t tell anyone where or when he was going \u2014 he was very spontaneous. He loved to say, \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be a tourist, but a traveler,\u201d meaning that when you hitchhike, talk to locals, and stay in their homes, you get the chance to truly feel the vibe of a place.<\/p>\n<p>From his trips, besides emotions and stories that everyone in the dorm would gather to listen to, he would bring small gifts \u2014 black sand from Iceland, a Moomin chocolate bar from Finland, postcards \u2014 and tell stories about the people he met.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9fdf3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f9fdf3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a0f267 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a0f267\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He loved the mountains. Before the full-scale invasion, we often went hiking with friends, and afterwards we tried to escape there even just for a day during his leaves. In our conversations, we often dreamed about where we would climb next \u2014 maybe doing a trek in Switzerland or somewhere in Mallorca.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2358df2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2358df2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba71749 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"ba71749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" 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533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31b399 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d31b399\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6b904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d6b904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"342\">It was easy to be friends with Vitalik \u2014 he was sincere, open to everyone, reliable, and funny. I could come to him with anything: tell a funny story, share my sadness, ask for help, or invite him on a spontaneous walk around the city at one in the morning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"750\">I feel incredibly lucky to have met someone who was truly \u201cmy person\u201d in this life, and to have had the chance to be so happy together \u2014 even though there was never enough time. Sometimes I would send him little notes or photos, and he would tuck them into his body armor, saying they kept him safe. And until the very end, I believed they would protect him this time too \u2014 it simply couldn\u2019t be otherwise.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98cfaf2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"98cfaf2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50b0ca1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50b0ca1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278153d elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"278153d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-quote-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M464 32H336c-26.5 0-48 21.5-48 48v128c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h80v64c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64h-8c-13.3 0-24 10.7-24 24v48c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24h8c88.4 0 160-71.6 160-160V80c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-288 0H48C21.5 32 0 53.5 0 80v128c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h80v64c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64h-8c-13.3 0-24 10.7-24 24v48c0 13.3 10.7 24 24 24h8c88.4 0 160-71.6 160-160V80c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-002ff2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"002ff2e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9108f76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9108f76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>It\u2019s such a discovery to realize that your person has always been right beside you \u2014 and such happiness that we gave ourselves a chance.<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e40b2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e40b2e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dd6188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dd6188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"393\">We met literally on the first day at university \u2014 in the dorm during check-in. At first, I thought he was a graduate student (he spoke so thoughtfully), and then I saw him again in a first-year class. We became friends and quickly grew close, and sometimes our friends would ask when we were finally going to start dating. And then we just did.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"531\">It\u2019s such a discovery to realize that your person has always been right beside you \u2014 and such happiness that we gave ourselves a chance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37417c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"37417c9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259970c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"259970c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"uk\">\u041d\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0456, \u0434\u043e \u0444\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0438 &#8220;How it started&#8221; \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u0430 \u0449\u0435 \u0434\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043e\u0441\u044c\u043e \u0446\u0435: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Yx5A5H94K\">pic.twitter.com\/5Yx5A5H94K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0442\u0443\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@tacticalturist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tacticalturist\/status\/1683219328043188224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-814fc04 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"814fc04\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26de588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26de588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"405\">There are so many things I came to love thanks to Vitalik: Star Wars, listening to Gorillaz, Turkey (through his stories), green Burn. I can\u2019t even remember everything. I also learned to love myself more, because he used to say: \u201cYou have to love yourself very much. Look how much I love you \u2014 you should love yourself even more.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"663\">\u201cImagine \u2014 we\u2019ll just live our lives, go to work, watch movies together in the evenings, and go on little trips to the mountains on weekends.\u201d And in the end, Vitalik would always say with certainty: \u201cWe will. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll visit so many places together.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"830\">His optimism was contagious \u2014 he knew how to enjoy the simple things and let go of what you can\u2019t change. You just couldn\u2019t stay sad for long when you were with him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db71f9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"db71f9a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-021db32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"021db32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"235\">When he got wounded for the second time, he recorded a video for me and, all cheerful, said: \u201cI\u2019ve got good news and good news. I\u2019m 300 \u2014 we\u2019ll see each other soon. I love you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"342\">He talked about everything like it was nothing serious, just another adventure. 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Whenever he came back from a trip, half the dorm would gather just to listen to him. We kept telling him that one day he had to write a book. He would always laugh it off, saying who would even be interested \u2014 everyone writes books. But he wasn\u2019t everyone.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"740\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">After his first injury, Vitalik sent me a whole story about how it happened. That\u2019s when I told him again that he absolutely had to write a book someday \u2014 because, first of all, his life could easily be a movie script, and secondly, he had a real gift for telling it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8564da5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8564da5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229c5d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229c5d0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996f831 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"996f831\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vitalik was a rebel. He never held on to comfort or \u201cthe usual way of things.\u201d He wanted to change things, to keep moving forward \u2014 and for him, that came naturally. His lightness toward life was uniquely combined with a deep sense of responsibility. Because it was that sense of responsibility \u2014 the understanding that \u201cthis is what must be done\u201d \u2014 that led him to the enlistment office on the morning of February 24, 2022, without hesitation or doubt.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a1d21b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a1d21b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7463402 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7463402\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94177fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94177fe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4671ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4671ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"uk\">\u041f\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0432 \u0434\u0456\u0432\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u0432\u0438\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043b\u0456\u043d\u0437\u0438, \u0430 \u0437 \u043b\u0456\u043d\u0437\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0457\u0445\u0430\u043b\u043e \u043e\u0441\u044c \u0446\u0435 \ud83e\udd79<\/p>\n<p>\u0422\u0435\u043f\u0435\u0440 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0432 \u0431\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0456\u043a \u0456 \u0447\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e always remember what you&#8217;re fighting for \ud83d\udc9b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F4vnJ1b9o2\">pic.twitter.com\/F4vnJ1b9o2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0442\u0443\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@tacticalturist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tacticalturist\/status\/1808889273849983036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c18ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30c18ba\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220a32b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"220a32b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sometimes I would send him little notes or photos, and he would tuck them into his body armor, saying they kept him safe. And until the very end, I believed they would protect him this time too \u2014 it simply couldn\u2019t be otherwise.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad6d8d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad6d8d3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eab83f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5eab83f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"416\">I remember once telling him that I wouldn\u2019t survive if something happened to him.<br data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"180\" \/>\u201cIf something does happen, I want you to live a beautiful life. Okay?\u201d<br data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"253\" \/>I nodded, with a lump in my throat, holding myself together so I wouldn\u2019t start crying \u2014 because what kind of \u201cbeautiful life\u201d could there be if you weren\u2019t in it?<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"847\">In the first weeks, I couldn\u2019t talk about him in the past tense. I couldn\u2019t put \u201cVitalik\u201d and \u201cdied\u201d in the same sentence. I would stretch my words, pause, wait for someone else to finish the thought for me. It feels like four months is already a long time, and yet I still catch myself thinking this is temporary \u2014 that I just need to wait a little longer, and I\u2019ll tell him all of this like a joke, because he simply missed it.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"849\" data-end=\"1027\">Such a mix of feelings \u2014 loss and pain, but at the same time\u2026<br data-start=\"910\" data-end=\"913\" \/>It\u2019s strange \u2014 I feel the loss, but also your constant presence with me now. As if you\u2019re still taking care of me.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1248\">I used to think that death was like sleep \u2014 that one day I would close my eyes and that would be it, nothing more. And I was okay with that. But now, I want there to be something beyond. I want us to meet again someday.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a9716 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8a9716\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2045062 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2045062\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/1991fund.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5480-1-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15543\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1991fund.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5480-1-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/1991fund.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5480-1-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/1991fund.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5480-1.webp 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e12f27 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e12f27\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-688afa7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"688afa7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12113b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12113b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u00abTravel, Shoot, Love. Not just another patch \u2014 something much more. The meaning and philosophy of life in three simple words. Because that\u2019s how I live\u00bb<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ec2cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18ec2cb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9729bfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9729bfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CwPsjPgtH0v\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; 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