“It wasn’t easy, our biggest fans at the beginning were our neighbours, who were actually very nice. Mostly Ukrainians. It was very nice. Then we thought: ‘Ok, how can we make Tatars come?’. I think the most...
In 1972, Vasyl Stus was arrested for anti-Soviet propaganda. As his wife Valentyna Popeliukh recalls the moment: “Until 3 AM, or even longer, they were going through the books, manuscripts, everything that was in the house, even rags. I...
When Nikita Khrushchev, the ruler of the USSR in the 1950’s visited France, he had no idea that the visit would trigger the largest social construction era in the USSR. But that’s exactly what happened. According to one version of the...
Mykolayiv, the most expensive official Christmas tree in Ukraine. It costs more than $100,000. Chernihiv And these were the main Christmas trees of Crimea established for celebrating the New Year 2014 – the last New Year before the...
Shchedryk is based on popular Ukrainian shchedrivky. These songs express good wishes for an abundant harvest, prosperity and well-being, welfare, cattle, and good breeding of bees. The poetical lyrics of Ukrainian shchedrivky and carols...
Since you’re here – we have a favor to ask. Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine is ongoing, but major news agencies have gone away. But we’re here to stay, and will keep on providing quality, independent, open-access information...
The Holodomor cannot be forgotten Halyna remembers her childhood with great sadness. She was born in an ordinary peasant family of three children in Berezan on March 16, 1922. Her mother worked at the collective farm; her father was...
The discoveries in Podil Raion of Kyiv were found accidentally during construction work, although archaeologists claim that this “accidental find” was highly predictable given the ancient history of this part of Kyiv. Archaeological...
For years and years, rumours and tales of materials from the old village church being used to build the roof of their school had circulated among the villagers, but never had there been any concrete evidence of this. “From archival...
By Stephen Komarnyckyj, Photos and videos by maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com British translator and poet Stephen Komarnyckyj has agreed to give Euromaidan Press readers an exclusive peek at his translations of some of the most striking poems...
Free independent media is a necessary condition for democracy to function in any country. Censorship, on the other hand, is rampant in all its forms in dictatorships. These definitions may be relevant in a black and white world; in...
