Fascinating History of Kyiv Trams: The Lifeblood of the Ukrainian Capital
Comfortable, safe, eco-friendly, high-speed and even … romantic. All this can be said about Kyiv trams. Some people commute…
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Ukrainian graffiti artists create visual magic on city walls
The artists work on giant walls, suspended on elevation platforms, splashing liters of paint over city walls. Their…
Johann Georg Pinsel: the Michelangelo from Lviv
Johann Georg Pinsel was a Baroque-Rococo sculptor of German or Czech origin who lived and worked in Lviv,…
What makes a man betray his country? Donbas native tells in novel of Europe’s forgotten war
What makes a man betray his country? Maxim Butchenko’s novel The War Artist explores this question against the…
Paskas and Easter convoy for soldiers in Donbas war zone blessed in Kyiv (photo gallery)
The Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) Filaret blessed Easter eggs (krashanky) and paskas (Easter…
The many designs of traditional Ukrainian pysanka Easter eggs, by region
For Easter, Ukrainians make pysanky - colorful eggs dyed in the batik method. It’s a tradition that goes back…
How to make your own Ukrainian pysanka Easter egg
For Easter, Ukrainians make pysanky - Easter eggs decorated in the batik method. It’s a tradition that goes back to…
Kvitka Cisyk: The American Singing Sensation Who Never Forgot Her Ukrainian Roots
Jazz, rock, blues, country, and opera music. It seemed like there was nothing she couldn’t sing with her…
Ukrainian mosaic: five unique ethnic groups
Contents LEMKOS BOYKOS HUTSULS BUKOVYNIANS PODOLIANS AFTERWORD LEMKOS According to one version, Lemko ancestors were the ancient…
Ukrainian translations, Russian oppression, and soft power
I traveled across Ukraine by train in 1993 and spent hours staring mesmerized at the seemingly endless pastures…
Ukrainians re-discover their own language
The extensive free course of Ukrainian teaches basic vocabulary as well as working Ukrainian for those who need…
Russia’s war against the Ukrainian language
The books confiscated from the Ukrainian Library will probably be taken to another location, which won’t be called…
The Dragon Spell, Ukraine’s 1st full-length 3D animation, reaps successful int’l box offices sales
Ukraine's first full-length 3D animation, Mykyta Kozhumiaka, which has been translated to English as Nicky Tanner and The…
Expert: Russia willing to tolerate Ukrainians as “slightly different Russians”
Teachers of Ukrainian language and literature who have remained in “DNR” controlled territories have been ordered to re-qualify…
Ukrainians celebrate Vodokhreshche in extreme cold
You might think that all these people are crazy adrenaline junkies. In fact they are ordinary Ukrainians who…
January 18: “Hungry Kutya” or Second Holy Night: traditions and customs
After dinner, children drive the kutya symbolically away from the house. They run outside, beat a chosen corner…
Paintings of Ukrainian Naïve Art icon Prymachenko come to life
12 January is the birthday anniversary of Mariya Prymachenko, a legendary Ukrainian folk painter. The artist was born in…
Happy 100th anniversary, unknown Ukrainian carol that everyone knows!
There's a Ukrainian folksong that you know. Except that you don't know it's Ukrainian, and a folksong. One of…
No Ukrainian should have a Soviet-style New Year’s tree
Many Russians still view Pavel Postyshev (1887-1939) as their favorite Bolshevik because of his role, as the author…
Why do most Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on January 7, not December 25?
Contents The Julian and Gregorian calendars Ukraine adopts new calendar in 1918 Roughly half of the Orthodox world…