Mount Shchekavytsia orgy

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Mount Shchekavytsia orgy

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	== Background ==		== Background ==

	In late September 2022, 7 months after [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine\|Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine]], Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]], former Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]], and Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] made a series of nuclear threats.{{cite news \|last1=Tharoor \|first1=Ishaan \|title=Analysis {{!}} Russia pushes the panic button and raises risk of nuclear war \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/21/russia-referendums-ukraine-occupied-nuclear/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|newspaper=The [[Washington Post]] \|date=21 September 2022}}{{cite news \|last1=Faulconbridge \|first1=Guy \|title=Putin escalates Ukraine war, issues nuclear threat to West \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-signs-decree-mobilisation-says-west-wants-destroy-russia-2022-09-21/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=[[Reuters]] \|date=21 September 2022}}{{cite news \|last1=Nichols \|first1=Michelle \|last2=Pamuk \|first2=Humeyra \|last3=Psaledakis \|first3=Daphne \|title=Lavrov pledges 'full protection' for any territory annexed by Russia \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lavrov-un-pledges-full-protection-any-territory-annexed-by-russia-2022-09-24/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=[[Reuters]] \|date=26 September 2022}}{{cite news \|last1=Faulconbridge \|first1=Guy \|last2=Davis \|first2=Caleb \|title=Medvedev raises spectre of Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-medvedev-warns-west-that-nuclear-threat-is-not-bluff-2022-09-27/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=Reuters \|date=27 September 2022}} In response, some Ukrainians started making preparations, such as preparing supplies and purchasing [[potassium iodide]] tablets to protect from [[radiation poisoning]].{{cite news \|last1=Arhirova \|first1=Hanna \|last2=Schreck \|first2=Adam \|title=Grit, dark humor and iodide pills: How Ukrainians are facing a nuclear threat \|url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-11-04/ukrainians-face-nuclear-threat-grit-dark-humor \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] \|date=4 November 2022}}		In late September 2022, 7 months after [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine\|Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine]], Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]], former Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]], and Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] made a series of nuclear threats.{{cite news \|last1=Tharoor \|first1=Ishaan \|title=Analysis {{!}} Russia pushes the panic button and raises risk of nuclear war \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/21/russia-referendums-ukraine-occupied-nuclear/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|newspaper=The [[Washington Post]] \|date=21 September 2022 \|archive-date=22 September 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922000836/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/21/russia-referendums-ukraine-occupied-nuclear/ \|url-status=live }}{{cite news \|last1=Faulconbridge \|first1=Guy \|title=Putin escalates Ukraine war, issues nuclear threat to West \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-signs-decree-mobilisation-says-west-wants-destroy-russia-2022-09-21/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=[[Reuters]] \|date=21 September 2022 \|archive-date=7 October 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007185123/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-signs-decree-mobilisation-says-west-wants-destroy-russia-2022-09-21/ \|url-status=live }}{{cite news \|last1=Nichols \|first1=Michelle \|last2=Pamuk \|first2=Humeyra \|last3=Psaledakis \|first3=Daphne \|title=Lavrov pledges 'full protection' for any territory annexed by Russia \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lavrov-un-pledges-full-protection-any-territory-annexed-by-russia-2022-09-24/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=[[Reuters]] \|date=26 September 2022}}{{cite news \|last1=Faulconbridge \|first1=Guy \|last2=Davis \|first2=Caleb \|title=Medvedev raises spectre of Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-medvedev-warns-west-that-nuclear-threat-is-not-bluff-2022-09-27/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=Reuters \|date=27 September 2022 \|archive-date=29 September 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929182137/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-medvedev-warns-west-that-nuclear-threat-is-not-bluff-2022-09-27/ \|url-status=live }} In response, some Ukrainians started making preparations, such as preparing supplies and purchasing [[potassium iodide]] tablets to protect from [[radiation poisoning]].{{cite news \|last1=Arhirova \|first1=Hanna \|last2=Schreck \|first2=Adam \|title=Grit, dark humor and iodide pills: How Ukrainians are facing a nuclear threat \|url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-11-04/ukrainians-face-nuclear-threat-grit-dark-humor \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] \|date=4 November 2022}}

	On 26 September, the [[Telegram (app)\|Telegram]] channel "Orgy on Shchekavytsia: Official" was created, inviting Ukrainians to meet for an orgy on the hill rather than take shelter if Russia launched a [[nuclear weapon]].{{cite news \|last1=Cupido \|first1=Gerry \|title=Make love not war: Ukrainians plan 'apocalyptic' orgy in response to Putin's nuclear bomb threat \|url=https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/love-sex/sex/2022-10-13-make-love-not-war-ukrainians-plan-apocalyptic-orgy-in-response-to-putins-nuclear-bomb-threat/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=IOL \|date=13 Oct 2022 \|language=en}} Participants were asked to indicate their desired sexual activities through stripes on their hands (e.g. three stripes for [[anal sex]], four stripes for [[oral sex]]). By October 2022, 15,000 people had joined the Telegram channel for the event.{{cite news \|last1=Sly \|first1=Liz \|last2=Khudov \|first2=Kostiantyn \|title=Shelters, backpacks and FM radios: Kyiv prepares for nuclear war \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/14/kyiv-nuclear-bomb-shelters-preparation/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=14 December 2022}} When an [[air raid siren]] sounded on 30 September, a participant asked "Is it time?" with a [[smiley]], and received about 600 smiley reactions. The channel was later removed from Telegram.		On 26 September, the [[Telegram (app)\|Telegram]] channel "Orgy on Shchekavytsia: Official" was created, inviting Ukrainians to meet for an orgy on the hill rather than take shelter if Russia launched a [[nuclear weapon]].{{cite news \|last1=Cupido \|first1=Gerry \|title=Make love not war: Ukrainians plan 'apocalyptic' orgy in response to Putin's nuclear bomb threat \|url=https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/love-sex/sex/2022-10-13-make-love-not-war-ukrainians-plan-apocalyptic-orgy-in-response-to-putins-nuclear-bomb-threat/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=IOL \|date=13 Oct 2022 \|language=en}} Participants were asked to indicate their desired sexual activities through stripes on their hands (e.g. three stripes for [[anal sex]], four stripes for [[oral sex]]). By October 2022, 15,000 people had joined the Telegram channel for the event.{{cite news \|last1=Sly \|first1=Liz \|last2=Khudov \|first2=Kostiantyn \|title=Shelters, backpacks and FM radios: Kyiv prepares for nuclear war \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/14/kyiv-nuclear-bomb-shelters-preparation/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=14 December 2022}} When an [[air raid siren]] sounded on 30 September, a participant asked "Is it time?" with a [[smiley]], and received about 600 smiley reactions. The channel was later removed from Telegram.

	== Responses ==		== Responses ==
	The meme became popular across Ukrainian [[social media]], and the word "Shchekavytsia" was listed on [[Google Trends]]. Brands referred to the orgy in their advertising, such as Ukrainian [[grocery store]] operator [[Silpo]]. [[Sex toy]] and [[personal lubricant]] companies offered discounts with the [[promo code]] "Shchekavytsia". Ukrainian entertainer [[Verka Serduchka]] posted about the orgy with an image showing people in underwear under the word "Shchekavytsia".{{cite news \|last1=Galer \|first1=Sophia Smith \|title=Ukrainians Are Responding to the Threat of Nukes By Organising an Orgy \|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ukraine-orgy-russia-nuclear/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=VICE \|date=4 October 2022}}{{rp\|1:54}}{{cite web \|last1=Serduchka \|first1=Verka \|title=Ми майже на місці… \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGuSQvt3xX/ \|website=Instagram \|access-date=20 March 2026}}		The meme became popular across Ukrainian [[social media]], and the word "Shchekavytsia" was listed on [[Google Trends]]. Brands referred to the orgy in their advertising, such as Ukrainian [[grocery store]] operator [[Silpo]]. [[Sex toy]] and [[personal lubricant]] companies offered discounts with the [[promo code]] "Shchekavytsia". Ukrainian entertainer [[Verka Serduchka]] posted about the orgy with an image showing people in underwear under the word "Shchekavytsia".{{cite news \|last1=Galer \|first1=Sophia Smith \|title=Ukrainians Are Responding to the Threat of Nukes By Organising an Orgy \|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ukraine-orgy-russia-nuclear/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=VICE \|date=4 October 2022}}{{rp\|1:54}}{{cite web \|last1=Serduchka \|first1=Verka \|title=Ми майже на місці… \|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGuSQvt3xX/ \|website=Instagram \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|archive-date=12 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512111108/https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGuSQvt3xX/ \|url-status=live }}

	Ukrainians outside Kyiv discussed additional orgy locations, and spinoff plans were created in other cities, such as another planned orgy on [[Derybasivska Street]] in [[Odesa]]. The [[Soloma Cats]] charity foundation held a [[first-aid]] training in October 2022 and chose Mount Shchekavytsia as the location because of the meme,{{cite news \|title=Not only orgy: how 140 people trained to stop critical bleeding on Shchekavytsia Hill \|url=https://rubryka.com/en/article/shikavitsa-premedical-training/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=Rubryka \|date=2 Oct 2022}} saying "Of course, the training isn't an orgy. But there will be 'scissors', groans and tears!"{{cite news \|title=Exclusive: How Kyiv residents are reacting to the threat of a Russian nuclear strike on the capital \|url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/how-kyiv-residents-are-reacting-to-threat-of-russian-nuclear-strike-on-capital-city-50273846.html \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=[[The New Voice of Ukraine]] \|language=en}} The training was attended by 140 people,{{cite news \|last1=Honcharuk \|first1=Lilia \|last2=Servatynska \|first2=Yelyzaveta \|title="Врятувати себе і людину поруч". На горі Щекавиця в Києві провели тренінг з першої медичної допомоги \|url=https://suspilne.media/287977-vratuvati-sebe-i-ludinu-poruc-na-gori-sekavica-v-kievi-proveli-trening-z-persoi-medicnoi-dopomogi/ \|access-date=21 March 2026 \|work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини ([[Suspilne]]) \|date=3 October 2022 \|language=uk \|trans-title="Save yourself and the person next to you." A first aid training was held on Shchekavytsia Hill in Kyiv}} and the foundation said they had trained more than 12,000 people.{{cite journal \|last1=Klumbytė \|first1=Neringa \|last2=Yeremieieva \|first2=Kateryna \|title=Ukrainian War Humor and Civic Activism in 2022 \|journal=Nationalities Papers \|date=31 October 2024 \|pages=1–38 \|doi=10.1017/nps.2024.90 \|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers/article/ukrainian-war-humor-and-civic-activism-in-2022/5B5FE1EE1AE3B17F605A7514A003E182 \|access-date=20 March 2026\|doi-access=free }} At [[Art Basel Paris]] 2025, Ukrainian artist [[Nikita Kadan]] exhibited his [[charcoal drawing]] ''Shchekavytsia'' as the centrepiece of his solo show. This drawing showed the orgy happening, implying an incoming nuclear strike. The [[Voloshyn Gallery]], which presented the show with [[Galerie Poggi]], called ''Shchekavytsia'' "resilience amidst death, a final attempt of love in the face of complete erasure".{{cite web \|title=Art Basel Paris 2025 {{!}} 22 - 26 October 2025 - Installation Views \|url=https://voloshyngallery.art/art-fairs/44-art-basel-paris-2025/ \|website=Voloshyn Gallery \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|language=en}}{{cite web \|title=Art Basel Paris 2025 \|url=https://voloshyngallery.art/usr/library/documents/main/pressrelease-basel2025.pdf \|website=Voloshyn Gallery \|access-date=20 March 2026}}		Ukrainians outside Kyiv discussed additional orgy locations, and spinoff plans were created in other cities, such as another planned orgy on [[Derybasivska Street]] in [[Odesa]]. The [[Soloma Cats]] charity foundation held a [[first-aid]] training in October 2022 and chose Mount Shchekavytsia as the location because of the meme,{{cite news \|title=Not only orgy: how 140 people trained to stop critical bleeding on Shchekavytsia Hill \|url=https://rubryka.com/en/article/shikavitsa-premedical-training/ \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=Rubryka \|date=2 Oct 2022 \|archive-date=5 March 2026 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260305121051/https://rubryka.com/en/article/shikavitsa-premedical-training/ \|url-status=live }} saying "Of course, the training isn't an orgy. But there will be 'scissors', groans and tears!"{{cite news \|title=Exclusive: How Kyiv residents are reacting to the threat of a Russian nuclear strike on the capital \|url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/how-kyiv-residents-are-reacting-to-threat-of-russian-nuclear-strike-on-capital-city-50273846.html \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=[[The New Voice of Ukraine]] \|language=en}} The training was attended by 140 people,{{cite news \|last1=Honcharuk \|first1=Lilia \|last2=Servatynska \|first2=Yelyzaveta \|title="Врятувати себе і людину поруч". На горі Щекавиця в Києві провели тренінг з першої медичної допомоги \|url=https://suspilne.media/287977-vratuvati-sebe-i-ludinu-poruc-na-gori-sekavica-v-kievi-proveli-trening-z-persoi-medicnoi-dopomogi/ \|access-date=21 March 2026 \|work=Суспільне {{!}} Новини ([[Suspilne]]) \|date=3 October 2022 \|language=uk \|trans-title="Save yourself and the person next to you." A first aid training was held on Shchekavytsia Hill in Kyiv}} and the foundation said they had trained more than 12,000 people.{{cite journal \|last1=Klumbytė \|first1=Neringa \|last2=Yeremieieva \|first2=Kateryna \|title=Ukrainian War Humor and Civic Activism in 2022 \|journal=Nationalities Papers \|date=31 October 2024 \|pages=1–38 \|doi=10.1017/nps.2024.90 \|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers/article/ukrainian-war-humor-and-civic-activism-in-2022/5B5FE1EE1AE3B17F605A7514A003E182 \|access-date=20 March 2026\|doi-access=free }} At [[Art Basel Paris]] 2025, Ukrainian artist [[Nikita Kadan]] exhibited his [[charcoal drawing]] ''Shchekavytsia'' as the centrepiece of his solo show. This drawing showed the orgy happening, implying an incoming nuclear strike. The [[Voloshyn Gallery]], which presented the show with [[Galerie Poggi]], called ''Shchekavytsia'' "resilience amidst death, a final attempt of love in the face of complete erasure".{{cite web \|title=Art Basel Paris 2025 {{!}} 22 - 26 October 2025 - Installation Views \|url=https://voloshyngallery.art/art-fairs/44-art-basel-paris-2025/ \|website=Voloshyn Gallery \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|language=en}}{{cite web \|title=Art Basel Paris 2025 \|url=https://voloshyngallery.art/usr/library/documents/main/pressrelease-basel2025.pdf \|website=Voloshyn Gallery \|access-date=20 March 2026}}

	== Analysis ==		== Analysis ==
	Ukrainians interviewed by [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] said the event was an example of the "mega-[[optimism]] of Ukrainians", and an "attempt to show that the more they try to scare us, the more we will transform it into something else".{{cite news \|last1=Sachalko \|first1=Borys \|last2=Greer \|first2=Stuart \|title=Ukrainians Prepare For Possible Russian Nuclear Attack With Iodine Tablets And Humor \|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainians-nuclear-war-humor-russia-war/32063396.html \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|date=3 October 2022 \|language=en}}{{cite news \|title=15,000 Ukrainians decide to have orgy if Russia deploys nuclear weapons {{!}} The Jerusalem Post \|url=https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-719300 \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com \|date=10 October 2022 \|language=en}} [[BBC Ukraine]] interviewed a psychologist who said humans were driven in life by [[Eros]] and [[Thanatos]]{{emdash}}sex and death{{emdash}}and who described humour as a defence mechanism in a situation where one is powerless, such as the threat of a nuclear strike.{{cite news \|title=Щекавиця. Гора, на якій готується оргія "в момент ядерного удару" \|url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-63061624 \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=BBC News Україна \|date=29 Dec 2022 \|language=uk \|trans-title=Shchekavytsia. The hill where an orgy is being prepared "at the moment of a nuclear strike"}}		Ukrainians interviewed by [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] said the event was an example of the "mega-[[optimism]] of Ukrainians", and an "attempt to show that the more they try to scare us, the more we will transform it into something else".{{cite news \|last1=Sachalko \|first1=Borys \|last2=Greer \|first2=Stuart \|title=Ukrainians Prepare For Possible Russian Nuclear Attack With Iodine Tablets And Humor \|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainians-nuclear-war-humor-russia-war/32063396.html \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|date=3 October 2022 \|language=en}}{{cite news \|title=15,000 Ukrainians decide to have orgy if Russia deploys nuclear weapons {{!}} The Jerusalem Post \|url=https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-719300 \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com \|date=10 October 2022 \|language=en}} [[BBC Ukraine]] interviewed a psychologist who said humans were driven in life by [[Eros]] and [[Thanatos]]{{emdash}}sex and death{{emdash}}and who described humour as a defence mechanism in a situation where one is powerless, such as the threat of a nuclear strike.{{cite news \|title=Щекавиця. Гора, на якій готується оргія "в момент ядерного удару" \|url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-63061624 \|access-date=20 March 2026 \|work=BBC News Україна \|date=29 Dec 2022 \|language=uk \|trans-title=Shchekavytsia. The hill where an orgy is being prepared "at the moment of a nuclear strike" \|archive-date=5 October 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005134600/https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-63061624 \|url-status=live }}

	Writing in the ''[[Nationalities Papers]]'', Neringa Klumbytė and Kateryna Yeremieieva studied the meme as an example of Ukrainian wartime humour, which they argued is "a form of civic activism in the name of Ukraine's sovereignty". They wrote that the orgy plan had led to "civic activism in the public sphere" (the first-aid training event), expressing Ukrainians' solidarity and resistance to intimidation. In the ''[[Southern Semiotic Review]]'', Olesia V. Naumovska, Nataliia I. Rudakova, and Nataliia I. Naumovska analysed the meme as an example of modern [[myth]]-making, and compared it to other [[eschatological]] myths in [[Ukrainian folklore]] and [[Ukrainian poetry\|poetry]].{{cite journal \|last1=Naumovska \|first1=Olesia V. \|last2=Rudakova \|first2=Nataliia I. \|last3=Naumovska \|first3=Nataliia I. \|title=Analysis of the Typology of Mythologems and Features of Modern Myth-making \|journal=Southern Semiotic Review \|date=2024 \|issue=19 \|pages=82–99 \|doi=10.33234/SSR.19.7 \|doi-broken-date=20 April 2026 \|url=https://www.southernsemioticreview.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Naumovska-issue19SSR_2024i_7.pdf \|access-date=20 March 2026}} The authors wrote that the orgy meme was the most popular of numerous "jokes and memes united by the theme of how to spend the last moments of life", which came from Ukrainians' "psychological resistance" against Russian nuclear threats.{{rp\|90}}		Writing in the ''[[Nationalities Papers]]'', Neringa Klumbytė and Kateryna Yeremieieva studied the meme as an example of Ukrainian wartime humour, which they argued is "a form of civic activism in the name of Ukraine's sovereignty". They wrote that the orgy plan had led to "civic activism in the public sphere" (the first-aid training event), expressing Ukrainians' solidarity and resistance to intimidation. In the ''[[Southern Semiotic Review]]'', Olesia V. Naumovska, Nataliia I. Rudakova, and Nataliia I. Naumovska analysed the meme as an example of modern [[myth]]-making, and compared it to other [[eschatological]] myths in [[Ukrainian folklore]] and [[Ukrainian poetry\|poetry]].{{cite journal \|last1=Naumovska \|first1=Olesia V. \|last2=Rudakova \|first2=Nataliia I. \|last3=Naumovska \|first3=Nataliia I. \|title=Analysis of the Typology of Mythologems and Features of Modern Myth-making \|journal=Southern Semiotic Review \|date=2024 \|issue=19 \|pages=82–99 \|doi=10.33234/SSR.19.7 \|doi-broken-date=20 April 2026 \|url=https://www.southernsemioticreview.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Naumovska-issue19SSR_2024i_7.pdf \|access-date=20 March 2026}} The authors wrote that the orgy meme was the most popular of numerous "jokes and memes united by the theme of how to spend the last moments of life", which came from Ukrainians' "psychological resistance" against Russian nuclear threats.{{rp\|90}}

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