Why quotas were needed First and foremost, quotas for broadcasting music were introduced to protect the Ukrainian language. The reason was simple — the Russian-language music audience amounts to 200 million worldwide, while the...
The icon of the Annunciation of Korsun, which was re-named the Annunciation of Ustyug in Russia, is an ancient pre-Mongolian icon from the Kyivan Rus era. Different sources say it was created around 1022 in either Kyiv or Korsun (modern...
Further excavation revealed two graves – a larger central burial pit and a smaller one. At first, the archeological team decided to clear the smaller one. It took almost three days. While dusting and cleaning the contours of the pit, the...
Dzyga Vertov and his collaborators, his brother Mikhail Kaufman and wife Yelizaveta Svilova, believed that film should not only show reality as it was but delve deeper into the art form to reveal the varied dimensions of life. Man with a...
The Hutsuls, their lands and traditions have inspired many literary masterpieces. Carpathian regions inhabited by the Hutsuls have been depicted in The Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (and in the 1965 iconic film of...
Read also: Ukrainian mosaic: five unique ethnic groups Situated in the village of Yavoriv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, the location has been turned into a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of tourists. It can be incredibly eclectic with people...
Journalist Kateryna Bachynska reports on the creation of the largest online archive of traditional Ukrainian songs – Polifoniya (Polyphony): “This project is not just about singing nice songs or recording folk melodies. It’s more...
In and around the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, there has arisen in the post-Soviet era a trio of creative musical figures of an exceedingly singular character. All three, as it happens, are women. And though Ukraine is hardly known as a...
Intangible Cultural Heritage, as defined by UNESCO, is transmitted and perceived by living people, so it remains alive for centuries. Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage contributes to the enrichment of cultural diversity and...
Prior to 1917, four-fifths of the territory of contemporary Ukraine had been part of the Russian empire for at least 150 years. Many Ukrainian intellectuals, as well as writers, artists, and composers of that time – even while striving...
The disengagements of troops in Moldova and Georgia took place under interstate agreements on a ceasefire signed between heads of Russia and the conflict’s “host state.” Most of the treaties were de-facto capitulation...
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