Munich and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact revisited, Part 1: The interwar prelude
More than we think, Soviet propaganda has influenced the way in which many see World War II. This…
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The Ukrainian “logical thinking machine” which became a prototype for modern display devices
In April 1914, during his “Cognition and Thinking” lecture, Oleksandr Shchukarev, the Professor of Chemistry at the Kharkiv…
Georgia a victim not just of communism but also of Soviet occupation, memorialization reaffirms
Since 1989 and 1991, it has become a commonplace in the analysis of formerly communist countries that those…
The Bolbochan raid: How Ukrainian troops captured Crimea 100 years ago
- Salaam Aleikum! Don’t shoot! Glory to Ukraine! They moved forward and stood under the only lamp…
On 73rd anniversary of deportation, Chechnya and Ingushetia divide on Stalin and his crimes
Seventy-three years ago today, Stalin the two Vaynakh nations, the Chechens and the Ingush, thousands of whom lost…
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…
A short guide to the linguicide of the Ukrainian language | Infographics
During the XVII-XX ct, Ukraine was split up between various empires and states. The ruling regime of each of…
The Unsung Lament: Russian Atrocities in Caucasus
“Russian Tsars attack a small people with millions of soldiers and they consider themselves noble.” Kube Şaban, Circassian…
From CIA archives: Stepan Bandera’s 1954 interview to German radio
On 17 January 2017, the CIA declassified more than 930,000 documents from the CIA Records Search Tool (CREST) system…
The first museum of war in Donbas opens in Dnipro [PHOTOS]
About 2000 artifacts in 3 halls will tell the history of the Donbas war in the first Ukrainian…
Ukrainians worldwide to mark Act of Unity on January 22 with flashmob
Anyone who supports Ukraine and desire its unity and cessation of the Russian aggression can participate in this action being…
The West didn’t ‘betray’ Russia: Russia betrayed its best self
For the past several weeks, many in Russia and the West have been having fun with a Facebook…
Russian occupier of Crimea threatens to repeat one of Stalin’s most barbaric acts in 1944
Natalya Kryzhko, a member of the Russian-organized and imposed “parliament” in occupied Crimea, who is upset by Crimea…
Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimean natives in the ranks of the UPA
Yaroslav Koretchuk: This book is a martyrology and biography of soldiers that were born in Nadnipryanshchyna. Our museum…
The story of Anna Popovych: love, war, death, gulag and freedom
Anna Popovych was born in the village of Zelena, Nadvinyansky Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast on May 29, 1925. During…
Moscow analyst: Britain’s support for Poland, not Molotov-Ribbentrop, caused WW2, and its backing of Ukraine could trigger WW3
Moscow analyst Yury Mukhin offers an historical analogy which says far more than he intends. In a new…
Belavezha Accords didn’t destroy the USSR: it had already ceased to exist, Shtepa says
As Russians and others approach the 25th anniversary of the Belavezha Accords, many of them are certain to…
It’s long past time to identify and shame Holodomor deniers
One of the positive developments of recent decades has been the willingness of historians and those concerned with…
Historian Martyniuk: Ukrainian homes were massively occupied by Russian settlers
- There were thousands and thousands of empty houses that had once belonged to Ukrainian families. Moscow’s strategy…
So how many Ukrainians died in the Holodomor?
The main issue being disputed is the number of people that died from starvation - it ranges from…