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History of Ukraine

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History of Ukraine

Inside the West’s fatal peace deal with the Kremlin that exploded into the Cold War

When Western leaders came to Yalta to forge global peace, they instead handed Moscow the tools to enslave Europe — a fatal mistake Putin tricks the West into repeating.

byOksana Ostapchuk

Pereiaslav Agreements Russian-Ukrainian war USSR Bohdan Khmelnytskyi

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Behind Ukraine’s fateful security deal that unleashed centuries of Russian colonial grip

In 1654, a fateful military pact with Moscow betrayed Ukraine's bid for independence. Four centuries later, Putin exploits this same broken pledge to erase it from existence once more.

byOksana Ostapchuk

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Ancient Ukrainian sword stole the show in Usyk’s victory over Fury, angering Russia

Oleksandr Usyk's unanimous victory over Tyson Fury secured more than his championship titles. By raising Hetman Mazepa's 300-year-old saber, he reignited the legacy of a Ukrainian leader cursed by Russia for seeking independence.

byBohdan Ben

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“Let me take the wife too, when I reach the cemetery she will be dead.” Stories of Holodomor survivors

Contents Earthed grainsUkrainians in Kuban starved too“Some 40 close relatives died”A dream of a big loaf of breadSeeds“He…

byRadio Liberty

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History of Ukraine

What to read about the Holodomor at Euromaidan Press

This year, Holodomor Commemoration Day in Ukraine falls on 23 November. Each year, on the last Saturday of…

byAlya Shandra

What makes Russian spies tick? World's largest declassified KGB archive, in Ukraine, tells all

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History of Ukraine

What makes Russian spies tick? World’s largest declassified KGB archive, in Ukraine, tells all

Russian spies don't innovate - they study and update decades-old KGB manuals, says Andriy Kohut, who oversees the world's largest collection of declassified Soviet intelligence files that Moscow mistakenly abandoned in Ukraine.

byOlha Aivazovska

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