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...
“We still do not know what they did to the Jews. Terrifying rumors are heard from the Lukianivske cemetery. But they still cannot be trusted. They say that the Jews are being shot. Those escorting them to the point where they were...
The world knows about Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish Franciscan friar, who volunteered to take the place of a condemned stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz. Everyone has heard about Janusz Korczak, a Polish-Jewish author,...
Chynadiyovo Castle The Saint Miklós (Saint Nicholas) Castle in Chynadiyovo, Mukachevo raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, has a lasting legacy — its palisades dared to challenge fate and survived against all odds. Lost among the majesty of...
But, did you know that for the first and last time, Ukraine celebrated Independence Day on July 16, 1991? The chosen date was based on the first anniversary of the 1990 Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine, which enshrined political...
From August 2 to August 4, Poshuk continued to search and excavate territories that were settled by inhabitants of the village of Velyly Shumsk. The remains of 19 more persons were exhumed… all civilians: men, women and children. The...
“From July 19 to July 21, while conducting more excavation work on the mass massacre site of civilians, which probably took place in the early years of the soviet regime, in 1919-1921, we managed to exhume the remains of 29 persons. Most...
Major changes in political strategy swept the USSR towards the end of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1937-1938, Stalin and his henchmen launched the Great Purge, a series of political repressions and persecution. It involved the purge of the...
The last two centuries have seen Russia controlling over 80% of Ukrainian territory. Despite a brief period of independence proclaimed in 1918, it was only in 1991 that Ukrainians could truly establish an independent state. Today, the...
“We still do not know what they did to the Jews. Terrifying rumors are heard from the Lukianivske cemetery. But they still cannot be trusted. They say that the Jews are being shot. Those escorting them to the point where they were...
