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"Kiev-based photography collective UUA (Urban Underground Athletes) are intent on proving that the country is about much more than strife - that it is also a place of rivers, mountains, forests and breathtaking landscapes full of the potential for adventure. Cycling in Ukraine is far from popular as a way of getting around or commuting. Its rarity makes for a close-knit community of enthusiasts. UUA was originally founded in Kiev in 2011 as a cycle courier company, but the collective's pursuits have expanded in line with the interests of its members - Lesha Berezovskiy, Vladislav Andrievsky and Anatolii Todorov - who share a passion for photography as well as cycling. By 2014, says Andrievsky, "UUA had became something bigger. We started hanging out, doing graffiti and printing T-shirts." With Ukraine riven by civil unrest, cycling also became a way for the group to see the country on their own terms. "In July 2014 I had to move to Kiev because of military unrest in eastern Ukraine. I met Anatolii and Vladislav and we started going on cycling trips together. We travelled to the Carpathian mountains and started photographing everything together.""