Galicia and Volhynia have, over their history, long been subject to changes of power. In the twentieth century and with the outbreak of both World Wars, this fact could not revisit itself more often. The region, home to both Poles and...
Yesterday, Kyiv took another big step on the road to the West by signing an association agreement with the European Union, and Moscow not unexpectedly responded by saying it would do everything it can to punish Ukraine for making that...
When the war erupted nearly a century ago, Russian forces mobilized and swiftly captured the western city of Lviv and the surrounding region of eastern Galicia. Aleksei Brusilov, a Russian commanding officer, proclaimed the territory —...
Crooked and untrue. “Novorossiya” first emerged in 1764. Back then Catherine II just became empress of Russia. They called 13 sotnyas of the Poltava and two sotnyas of the Myrhorod troops of the Hetmanate with this simple name. Plus...
Today the civilised world doesn’t have to think what to do with Russia – liberal European thinkers have precisely and long ago defined both the essence of what Russia is and the strategy of behaviour in its regard, the only thing...
In creating their nation, Ukrainians need to examine and analyze their own history, based on truth, verified facts and historical events. For centuries under the rule of conquerors, Ukrainians were basically deprived of the opportunity...
Oleksandr Paliy for UP Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 12:01 When the current Russian government throws angry accusations of “accomplices to Nazism”, it should have first removed the plank from its own eye. One could start with the...
The long road from Kyivan Rus to EuroMaidan: brotherhood and battle. Enjoy reading Euromaidan Press? Become a patron and help us reach even more international readers! Being a patron means you care about quality independent...
by Artyom Krechetnikov, BBC Russia, Moscow The figure of Stepan Bandera is once again in the spotlight, in connection with the revolutionary developments in Ukraine. Moscow commentators and participants of pro-Russian demonstrations in...
History weaponized Just as heavily armored “little green men” invaded and occupied Crimea, and Russian tanks entered eastern Ukraine to wage war against the Ukrainian Armed Forces, another silent front opened in the classrooms of...
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