By order of Moscow tsar Mikhail I, all copies of the Instructive Gospels by Kyryl Stavrovetsky were destroyed in 1627. Ukrainian texts were removed from all church books; it was prohibited to publish anything in Ukrainian. Under the reign...
Yuriy Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer, poet and translator, believes that the attack on the Euromaidan activist is not the first example of discrimination against the Ukrainian language: “First, I’m struck by the fact that both...
Professor Moser talks about the current situation of Ukrainian studies, disciplines and centers in the West and East. – It’s quite telling to analyze the status of Ukrainian studies at various universities. In fact, there are very...
The extensive free course of Ukrainian teaches basic vocabulary as well as working Ukrainian for those who need it in their everyday work environment. The students are originally from Russia, others were born in Kyiv, but have been brought...
The books confiscated from the Ukrainian Library will probably be taken to another location, which won’t be called “Ukrainian” (a dangerous word per se!), and will not resemble – at least provisionally – a cultural...
Teachers of Ukrainian language and literature who have remained in “DNR” controlled territories have been ordered to re-qualify their knowledge in Russian language and literature. They may refuse, but will have to find a new job....
If the French were to listen to English music all day, Turkish people to Arabic songs, if Poles sang German songs for the New Year, and the Japanese chanted in Chinese, these countries and their peoples would soon cease to exist. But, in...
– There were thousands and thousands of empty houses that had once belonged to Ukrainian families. Moscow’s strategy was simple: move Russian families to these homes and russify the eastern regions of Ukraine. That didn’t quite...
This law, passed with flagrant violations of Verkhovna Rada regulations, should be differently named, namely “On principles of granting the Russian language the status of official language” because that is, in fact its essence and...
Do you know what’s in common between music classes in Japan and Taras Shevcheko, or between Seoul and invisible river Poltva in Lviv? It’s alright if you don’t. You’d need to learn Ukrainian to find out. This summer 22 daring...
On 11 October, a three-day meeting of the Synod, or church council, of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, finished in Istanbul. It gave further confirmation that Ukraine is on the path to receiving church independence from Moscow – and healing...
