Ukraine Explained Archives - Euromaidan Press

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Russia’s child brainwashing handbook: victim from 78 years ago speaks out

Echoing crimes of today, in 1945, daughter of Ukrainian Insurgent Army leader was forcibly sent away, given fabricated Russian identity, and raised to hail the Communists

byOrysia Hrudka

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“I clearly see what to do, but the path is long and difficult,” Ukraine’s Commander in Chief says in his first video interview

https://youtu.be/TadXxP_26V8 “Our victory is definitely the liberation of the entire occupied territory of Ukraine,” General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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Unholy trinity, explained: How Kyiv priests created Russia’s imperial “Triune Rus” ideology

Putin is willing to destroy anything that contradicts his interpretation of history. It includes the denial of Ukraine’s…

byBohdan Ben

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Anti-Ukrainian leaflets, cash found in Security Service’s largest-yet raid on Moscow-affiliated church

The “counter-intelligence security measures” were carried out in the territories of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv,…

byBohdan Ben

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“Hey Hey Rise Up”: Pink Floyd revived Ukrainian military anthem

German singer Marlaine Maas is the first artist to perform a cover of the anthem of the Ukrainian…

byOrysia Hrudka

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Crimea was always a multicultural hodgepodge

Since Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, it has tried to obliterate Crimea’s diverse cultural heritage. But Crimean history…

byOlena Makarenko

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Five Ukrainian startups that really went global

Contents 1. Grammarly, a writing assistant2. Liveuamap, an online service to track conflicts, protests, and crimes worldwide3. Reface…

byYuliia Rudenko

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Paraska Plytka Horytsvit, “Ukrainian Vivian Maier,” returns to the limelight

Paraska’s creative output includes more than 4,000 photographs and about 500 books. She wrote many of her…

byChristine Chraibi

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How Ukraine wants to make its space industry great again

Contents Four Ukrainian rocket scientists (three of whom survived Soviet repressions)Post-Soviet rocketry in Ukraine: surviving against all oddsThe…

byYuri Zoria

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Beyond Go_A: a playlist and guide to modern Ukrainian folk music

Read also: The secret of Kateryna Pavlenko, Ukraine’s enigmatic Eurovision singer Contents How Ukrainian folk became popularStars of…

byBohdan Ben

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Five little-known reasons Ukraine is a “Land of Freedom” just like the USA

In the 18th century, Ukraine had the potential to become the European equivalent of the United States in…

byBohdan Ben

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“Here I see God”: Omelian Kovch, the Ukrainian priest who saved hundreds of Jews & died in Majdanek concentration camp

On January 9, 1999, the Jewish Council of Ukraine proclaimed Omelian Kovch a “Righteous of Ukraine”. Until his…

byChristine Chraibi

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Five secrets of Ukraine encapsulated in its architecture

In its long history, Ukraine went through periods of poverty and glory, repressions and renaissance, stagnation and battle.…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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How a free-spirited country girl from Ukraine became an intrepid adventuress & 1930s travel blogger

If Instagram, YouTube, and other social media had existed in the 1930s, Sofiya Yablonska would have gathered the…

byChristine Chraibi

Vyshyvanka March in Kyiv, May 2016 (Image: UNN.com.ua)

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Ukraine’s European heritage is in its language’s DNA

Throughout centuries, the history of the Ukrainian language was as turbulent as the history of Ukraine itself. Captured…

byYuri Zoria

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Meet the Ukrainian teenagers who like to change the world

“We Create the Country We Want to Live In” is the slogan of a very special Ukrainian informal…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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Six amazing projects bringing life to Soviet ruins in Ukrainian cities

Poor Soviet city planning made Ukrainian cities of the 1990s look gloomy and ruined. Large belts of factories…

byBohdan Ben

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Dreaming up a future for teens in war-torn Donbas

Russia’s war in Ukraine has been ongoing already for the last seven years. It continues to take the…

byOlena Makarenko

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Vasyl Vyshyvany: the Habsburg prince who chose Ukraine

The great Habsburg of Ukrainian history was born on February 10, 1895 on the island of Lošinj (present-day…

byChristine Chraibi

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Making Ukraine green again: how to keep the renewable “energy miracle” going

Ukraine is commonly referred to as one of the world’s leading agricultural producers, notably the second-largest exporter of…

byBohdan Ben