Anna of Kyiv, the French Queen from Ukraine-Rus
On 19 May 1051, Anna, the youngest daughter of Kyivan Rus Prince Yaroslav the Wise, ascended to the…
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History of Ukraine
Russians won’t admit expulsion of Circassians was genocide — but Ukrainians should
One hundred sixty-two years ago today, tsarist forces defeated the Circassians in the North Caucasus after the latter…
Crimean Tatars no longer alone in remembering Stalin’s crimes against their nation
Seventy-two years ago, the Soviet state deported the Crimean Tatars from their homeland to Central Asia, a tragedy…
Deportation, genocide, and Russia’s war against Crimean Tatars
On May 18, Ukraine marks the anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea that took place…
Why compare the Holodomor and the Holocaust
Professor Philippe de Lara gave a lecture about the unique nature of the two genocides: the Holocaust as…
Stolen ancient viking’s sword from the dawn of Kyivan Rus comes back home to Ukraine
No one knows for sure who was the owner of this deadly sword made in the Viking style…
The Ukrainian who saved Krakow from destruction and other little-known WWII heroes
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs gathered five remarkable stories of Ukrainians helping citizens of other countries during World…
Top-6 Soviet World War II myths used by Russia today
A new book published by the Institute of National Memory aims to bust Soviet-era myths about World War…
Are scholars from the Institute of National Memory “whitewashing” the history of Ukraine? Volodymyr Vyatrovych responds to Josh Cohen’s article in Foreign Policy
“Instead of problemitizing/demythicizing Ukrainian history, Mr. Cohen and a number of prominent Western historians are engaged in demonizing…
Activists in Kyiv trying to demolish monument to Cheka secret police
Activists have started demolishing the monument to the Cheka – the infamous Soviet secret police created by Lenin…
Chornobyl destroyed the Soviet Union
Thirty years ago this week, the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident set in train the forces that destroyed…
Chornobyl: the secret tragedy which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union
Kyiv, a 10-y.o. old boy comes from school and says: - Mom, a girl in my school told…
Ukraine’s Chornobyl, like Russia’s Chelyabinsk before it: Symbols of untenable Soviet moral decay
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) Nuclear Power Plant disaster. On April 25, 1986, workers…
Ukrainian women’s neck ornaments: history and symbols
Beaded necklaces (namysto) are one of the oldest forms of women's ornaments in Ukraine. They have many names…
What Moscow did to Koenigsberg, it will do to Crimea
Moscow’s destructive approach to its exclave of Kaliningrad [former East Prussian city of Koenigsberg - Ed.] over the last 70 years suggests…
Seven reasons why Putin’s war in Ukraine is a turning point in Russian and world history
As the world’s attention shifts, many Russians and many in the West are telling themselves that Vladimir Putin’s…
Church of Saints Olha and Yelyzaveta in Lviv : a royal tribute to love…and more
The Church of Saints Olha and Yelyzaveta has long been one of the most beautiful and elegant symbols…
Russia attempts to stir up anti-Muslim, anti-Tatar sentiments in Kherson
A week ago the SBU announced the capture of a terrorist cell that was based in Odesa and targeting the…
Lenincrash – Ukrainian performance art
In Ukraine, toppling Lenin statues fulfills a number of objectives: it’s a popular spectacle, desacrilization of old myths,…
Building a new Russia means rooting out Stalin’s destructive Soviet legacy
Sixty years ago at the XXth Congress of the CPSU [Communist Party of the Soviet Union], Nikita Khrushchev…