One century ago, rebellious Khabarovsk dreamt of becoming a Ukrainian colony
“Ukrainian activists started the protests in Khabarovsk, calling for the disintegration of the federal land,” said Russian propagandist…
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History of Ukraine
Russia intentionally ignores the fact that Ukrainians, Belarusians, Balts populated the Russian Far East, not Russians
But from that time forward, Soviet and then Russian institutions have sought to Russify these groups and their…
Kremlin planned to destabilize Ukraine in the early 1990s by smearing “all forms of nationalism,” KGB file reveals
This declaration did not please the Kremlin and caused quite a stir in Moscow and in the ranks…
Bondi Vesolovsky and Yabtso Jazz: swinging Lviv in the 1920s-30s
Of course, at that time in Polish-ruled Western Ukraine, the Lviv night-club scene was dominated by Polish jazz…
Jewish tombstones found in small courtyard of former NKVD headquarters in Lviv
Contents The Prison on Lontskoho Museum The Old Jewish Cemetery in Lviv Countless Jewish tombstones uncovered 23 human…
Treasures stolen from Kyiv cathedrals in the 1930s discovered in State Historical Museum in Moscow
Contents Sacred Altar and Pectoral Crosses Sacred Mitres and Crowns Sacred Medallions Sacred Vessels and Utensils Sacred Altar…
Ukrainian women, among many others, executed by the NKVD in Dubno prison on June 24-25, 1941
It is extremely difficult to pinpoint the exact number of deaths in Ukraine within these two days. Estimates…
Milk cans with old UPA documents found in forests of Lviv Oblast
The documents, including books, protocols, and magazines dating from 1940-1950, were preserved in milk cans. There was also…
Hanna from the forests of Volyn: life & death in Ravensbrück KZ
And yet: we will return we will definitely return at least – with our feet forward but: not…
KGB archives: How the NKVD crushed young patriotic OUN members in Melitopol region
Twenty years of hard labour - for the young man, ten years in a penal colony - for…
How important were the Soviet dissidents: the case of Ukraine
Those who were active in Ukrainian diaspora communities in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s were keenly aware of…
The Man and the Nation nobody expected: Andrei Sheptytskyi and Ukraine
History knows providential people. History remembers people, who correspond with their very nature to what a nation and…
In Memoriam. An eternal guelder rose on the grave of Dariya “Oda” Lebed, survivor of Ravensbrück KZ
“Shadows billow over me” Vasyl Stus Dariya’s elderly mother, Oleksandra Hnatkivska, stood in the row of prisoners during…
Sürgünlik: Remembering Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944
On May 10, 1944, Lavrentiy Beria, the notorious chief of the NKVD (Soviet security and secret police), recommended…
Ukraine launches free consultancy to help find info on victims of Soviet repressions
Source: website of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory with a direct quote from Ihor Kulyk, Director of…
Motherland Monument: Kyiv landmark, national symbol or soviet vestige
Prominent soviet sculptor and muralist Yevheniy Vuchetich, who was obsessed with the idea of creating a memorial in…
“Holocaust Disneyland” on mass graves in Kyiv – result of weak national memory policy
The museum is planned to be built in Babyn Yar, where the largest executions were committed by Nazi…
Ukrainians gradually move away from Soviet stereotypes regarding World War II – poll
What is it now for Ukrainians, World War II, or the Great Patriotic War? Do they mark Victory…
Ukraine is a major battleground for understanding WWII: historian Serhii Plokhii
This year, May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Just prior to…
The struggle for Carpatho-Ukraine (1938-1939), or how WWII started for Ukrainians
Contents Why the history of Carpatho-Ukraine is important for contemporary Ukraine How Europe reacted to the proclamation and…