Putin’s war in Ukraine keeps Moscow from addressing Cossack genocide of 1920s
Ninety-six years ago this weekend, the Soviet government launched what became a decade-long campaign to “de-Cossackize” Russia, a…
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History of Ukraine
Gorbachev’s ‘greatest mistake’ — Black January in Baku 25 years ago
Twenty-five years ago today, on Mikhail Gorbachev’s order, Soviet troops by land, sea and air invaded the Azerbaijani…
Crimea: the Russian chauvinists’ inferiority complex
Vladimir Putin has been mentioning Crimea frequently in the recent days. He either gives history lessons, saying some…
On Holodomor denial, and fisking a denialist Russian professor of History
Soviet propaganda continues to shape the beliefs of Russians about the Russian and Soviet past and continues to…
25 years after Sakharov’s death, the world needs his ideas even more
Twenty-five years ago, on December 14, 1989, Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov died of a heart attack at the age…
75 Years On Russia Again Engaged in a Winter War
Seventy-five years ago today, Moscow launched what became known as the Winter War against Finland. It used much…
How Stalin crushed the Euromaidan of 1930
“The Ukrainian village stood on the brink of a new tempest. A second mass exodus from the collective farms would…
Putin’s Hilter-esque excuses
Simferopol – We do not think much about the fact that we are constantly participating in the living…
Dancing with Stalin. The Holodomor genocide famine in Ukraine
Contents De-humanization first, then their destruction can be justifiedEnormous losses, an enormous task of remembranceHolodomor as GenocideBackground to…
About the Holodomor. Background data
The term Holodomor (death by hunger, in Ukrainian) refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932–33…
Maidan for the descendants
Years later Maidan will become a theme for literature and cinema, its aged participants will tell their grandchildren…
Never again! Celebrating Kharkiv’s independent spirit and the end to all Holodomors
Never Again! Kharkiv, Then and Now: In the 1930’s, the USSR artificially orchestrated a famine in the land…
November 22 – the tenth anniversary of the Orange Revolution
Today is the tenth anniversary of the Orange Revolution, which began as a protest against the falsification of…
Stalin’s “Little Green Men”
After the Crimea was annexed and after the war in the Donbas was unleashed a lot has been…
Putin’s twisted imperial logic: The (many) historical claims on Russian lands
Russian neo-imperialistic propaganda has been claiming that the annexation of Crimea is a form of “historical justice.” Perhaps,…
No Russian Fairytale: Ending the Soviet historical mindset in Ukraine
Until recently, 28 October was celebrated in Ukraine as the “Day of liberation of Ukraine from fascist invaders.”…
From separatism to integration into another state: the way of Georgian territories
From the declaration of independence to integration: this is the path Russia has outlined for Abkhazia. Tbilisi is…
Ukraine’s Institute of National Memory addresses myths about UPA for the new Day of the Defender
Contents Historical Background Religious Feast of Pokrova (Intercession of the Virgin Mary) The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)Hystorical myths…
New October 14 ‘Day of Defender of Ukraine’ holiday marks break with Soviet past
On October 14, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed October 14, the day of celebrating Pokrova, or Intercession, of…
Crimea is Not Historically ‘Ours,’ Russian Historian Says in ‘Vedomosti’
The underlying premise of Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea is false: Crimea has not been part of Russia…