Aleksey’s story is quite interesting. A businessman from Nizhny Novgorod, he became actively involved in a Russian protest wave since 2011. He, together with other opposition activists, created the “Nizhny Novgorod civil movement” to...
The Ukrainian state has taken two independent actions which have obliged Russia to accelerate its preparations for intervening in Ukraine and fomenting internal conflicts – first, Ukraine has asked Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to...
Everyone has heard of Jan Palach, the young Czech student who set himself on fire on January 19, 1969 in Prague in protest against the repression of the Prague Spring and the military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops...
Kyiv wants its diplomats to promote the independent identity of Ukraine abroad, Delovaya stolitsa reports; but it has generally failed to promote what could be an especially important ally: Ukrainian tourists abroad who need to become...
The wedding lasted two days although in many villages celebrations continue for three full days. On Saturday, the family organized a more modern wedding. The bride wore a traditional white gown and the bridegroom – a suit. However,...
Scholars and employees of the memorial research enterprise “Dolya” and the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance have been conducting important archeological digs on mass burials of Ukrainian Insurgent Army soldiers (UPA)...
Serhii Taranenko, Head of the Scientific and Research Department of Archaeology at the Kyiv-Pechersk Preserve, told BBC Ukraine about the find. According to archaeologists, the foundation and walls consist of boulders, small rubbles of...
Engolpions* appeared in Kyivan Rus during the expansion of Christianity. The relics of saints or other sacred things were usually placed in the middle of these crosses. Archaeologists say that the images on the cross portray the spiritual...
To tackle corruption, the Ukrainian authorities have been focused on narrowing corruption opportunities through reforms in different sectors and on creating efficient corruption fighting institutions. The research primarily focuses on the...
– There’s a rather widespread Ukrainian stereotype that “Kuban is Ukraine”. In fact, everything was very ambiguous a hundred years ago. The Kuban was very heterogeneous. The population was divided into Cossacks and...
Four years after the Euromaidan Revolution, many people are wondering what it changed, and what it brought Ukraine. What is your opinion? I look at it from another point of view. It wasn’t Euromaidan that changed something – it was...
