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History of Ukraine

Ukraine history global initiative presentation in Kyiv

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History of Ukraine

Scholars unite to answer humanity’s “hard questions” through a 3-million-word global history of Ukraine

An international team of 90 reserarches seeks to answer when humans first crossed into Europe and what truly causes wars, using Ukraine's rich past as a unique lens.

byAlya Shandra

Maidanet'ske geomagnetic ground plan, Cucuteni-Trypillia culture. Photo via Wikimedia.

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History of Ukraine

Archeological research suggests first cities of humanity were in Ukraine, not in Mesopotamia

Massive planned settlements discovered in Ukraine, dating back to 4000 BCE, are rewriting the history of early urbanization. These sprawling sites are forcing archaeologists to reconsider when, where, and how the first cities emerged.

byBenjamin Looijen

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Russia’s child brainwashing handbook: victim from 78 years ago speaks out

Echoing crimes of today, in 1945, daughter of Ukrainian Insurgent Army leader was forcibly sent away, given fabricated Russian identity, and raised to hail the Communists

byOrysia Hrudka

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Poll: 92% of Ukrainians see Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainian people

Ukrainian views on the Holodomor man-made famine of 1932-1933 have evolved, with 92% now acknowledging it as genocide, according to a new Rating Group survey, up from 60% in 2010.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukraine’s nukeless fate: the untold story behind the Budapest betrayal

As early as 1993, Russia openly claimed Sevastopol in Crimea to be a Russian city, sought to return Crimea under its control, and refused to recognize Ukrainian borders. The US leadership at that time clearly saw this but still pushed towards nuclear disarmament of Ukraine

byBohdan Ben

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The 1994 secret operation that saved Crimea, and perhaps Ukraine, from Russian occupation

The untold story of Ukraine's covert operation 30 years ago to halt Russia's attempt to occupy Crimea emerged in recently published documents. The records detail Ukraine's restrained yet decisive actions.

byBohdan Ben

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Ukraine seeks to reclaim history by reframing Russia as “Moscovia”

On 22 October 1721, Moscow Tsar Peter I renamed the Moscow Tsardom into the Russian Empire. He chose…

byBohdan Ben

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History of Ukraine

“Memory makes us stronger.” Ukraine marks 105th anniversary of symbolic battle against invading Russians

On 29 January 2023, Ukraine commemorates the 105 anniversary of the Battle of Kruty. Ukrainian Commander in Chief…

byBohdan Ben

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European Parliament recognizes Holodomor as genocide against Ukrainians

On 15 December, the European Parliament recognized the Holodomor, the Soviet man-made famine inflicted on Ukraine in 1932-1933,…

byYuri Zoria

serhii plokhy harvard historian ukrainian studies

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Ukraine helped build the Russian empire. Now it stands in the way of its resurrection – Serhii Plokhii

After the Russian Empire conquered Ukraine in the 18th century, the myth of a triune Rus emerged to…

byBohdan Ben

sharapov triune rus Ukraine Russia belarus

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Unholy trinity, explained: How Kyiv priests created Russia’s imperial “Triune Rus” ideology

Putin is willing to destroy anything that contradicts his interpretation of history. It includes the denial of Ukraine’s…

byBohdan Ben

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History of Ukraine

Kyivan Rus era caves discovered in Kyiv

According to him, the caves had been first found next to the house, which the authorities recognized as…

byYuri Zoria

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“Russia killed my grandfather, deported my mother, arrested my sons.” Crimean Tatar historian on “intentional extermination” of his people

Remembering the past Shukri Seytumerov knows every street, every alley, every building of old Bakhchisaray. He is a…

byUkrainian media sources

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Ukrainian identity: away from Moscow

Ukraine identifies itself as part of Europe – The East Slavic people—Ukrainians, Belarusians, and Russians—once shared Kyivan Rus,…

byZarina Zabrisky

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Russian occupiers launch war on Ukrainian history, burning books and destroying archives

Seizure and destruction of Ukrainian historical and fiction literature that does not adhere to the requirements of Kremlin…

byOrysia Hrudka

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The defeat that won’t repeat: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a century ago & now

The situation in and around Ukraine is increasingly reminiscent of the Sudetenland Crisis in 1938 and the Cuban…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

The charter issued by Jeremias II, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 1536–1595), confirming the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood's right to run a press and a school. (Credit: EncyclopediaofUkraine.com)

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Ancient Ukrainian church brotherhoods as forerunner of nation’s civil society today, Horyevoy says

Many are investigating why civil societies have emerged in some countries but not in others; but their research,…

byPaul A. Goble

Soviet secret order to convert German concentration camps to GULAG camps. Nazi concentration camps were used in this quality for five more years. Of them, some of the most infamous were Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen (special camps #2 and #7 in the Soviet terminology). Starting with 1948, the former Nazi concentration camps were transferred to GULAG, and destroyed only in the 1950s. The Soviets even saved their equipment and tools: the new owners moved it to the USSR and used for their intended purpose inside Soviet domestic concentration camps within the GULAG. This document states that the USSR took wooden barracks, kitchen, laundry, and medical equipment, as well as some so-called "production mechanisms." What was hidden under that menacing term the document did not explain. (Image: ГА РФ. Ф. 9414. ОП. 1С. Д. 360. Л. 222)

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After 1945, Soviet forces made Nazi death camps part of the GULAG, Moscow portal says

The Putin regime denounces every suggestion that Stalin’s dictatorship was in any way like Hitler’s. It has even…

byPaul A. Goble

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Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada rescues videos, testimonies of Ukrainian dissidents

Director Yuriy Luhovy and producer Zoryana Hrytsenko from Canada have rescued 26 video recordings of Ukrainian dissidents. These…

byRadio Liberty

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New dig in Lviv Oblast reveals unique artefacts from the Roman period

A team of scientists and scholars from the joint archeological expedition of the Historical and Local Lore Museum…

byChristine Chraibi